DIRECTIONS
TO HELL AND BEYOND
© Farouk Asvat
Directions From Bro' Biza in Josie
'Hey! how do I go to Fietas?'
"Take
a left at the corner
Turn right
Its on your left."
Directions From Couzie-Bro' In Durban
'I say, how to get to the Hills, Couzie?'
"Brother,
you'all sight that robot there?"
'Ja ...'
"Well,
that's none of your business.
You'all just go straight.
When you'all come top-side an'all
You'all sight a cornershop there,
You'all hit a left,
Then you'all come to the stop sign
- Well, don't worry about that -
You'all just go straai-ght and straai-ght,
When you'all sight the ocean
You'all hit a right
Then you'all just mo-tor and mo-tor
Down hUmgeni Road.
Therewa!
Now you'all know
How to get to Chatsworth an'all."
Directions From Ol' Pank In The Ol' Cape
'Hey Pank, how do we come by The Parade?'
"You
know
You jus’ go sooo straight
Then you turn left by the robot
Then you turn right
There by the stop sign
Then you turn right again
Right into your mmother!"
© farouk asvat
*
original composed: 01.02.1993 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
# Directions To Hell And beyond /
* Hoe Ko’ Ek By Die Hel was previously published in:
The
Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p51, 2006); #
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications,
p40, 2006); *
Straight Talk
From Bra Frooks: the legend of farouk asvat by Mphutlane wa Bofelo:
www . kaganof . com / kagablog
(08.11.2007) *
Botsotso on line
(2007) *
Islamic Focus
#14
(CIP, p5, December 2007) *
Al Qalam (2007) *
www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com
(08.05.2012); * #
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(18.11.2014); * #
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p42, 2014); *
The
Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014); #
The
Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p50,
2014). #
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[§] Books
by Farouk Asvat:
● Sadness In The House Of Love (novel)
● The Gathering Of The Storm (novel)
● I Dream In Long Sentences (poetry)
● The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (poetry)
● A Celebration Of Flames (poetry)
● The Time Of Our Lives (poetry)
● Bra Frooks … (poetry)*
● The Paanies Are Coming (short
stories)*
● In The
House Of Love (novel)*
● Weapons Of Words
(comparative literature &
literary criticism)
¨ all my books are now available on amazon: in
paperback & kindle
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[] please check out my blogs @:
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[]
WIETIE WHAT-WHAT LIKE A TSOTSI
&
TUNE LIKE A DURBANITE
&
PRAAT NES 'N SKOLLIE
HOE
KO' EK BY DIE HEL?
© Farouk Asvat
Directions From Bra Biza in Josie
'Hey! how to get to Fietas?'
"Vat a left by the corner
Turn right
Its
on your left."
Directions From Couzie Broer In
Durban
'Ek
sê, how to get to the Hills, Couzie?'
"Broer, you'all sight that robot
there?"
'Ja
...'
"Well, that's none of your business.
You'all just waai straight;
When
you'all come top-side an'all
You'all sight a cornershop there
You'all hit a left,
Then
you'all come to the stop sign
- Well,
don't worry about that -
You'all just go straai-ght and straai-ght;
When
you'all sight the ocean
You'all hit a right
Then
you'all just mo-tor and mo-tor
Down
hUmgeni Road.
Therewa!
Now
you'all know
How
to get to Chatsworth an'all."
Directions From Ou Pank Innie
Boo-Kaap
'Hey
Pank, hoe kom ons by Die Parrara?'
"Djy wiet
Djy gaan sooo reg af
Daan draai djy links by die robot
Daan draai djy wee' regs
Daa' by die stop sign
Daan draai djy wee' reg
Tot in djou moer in."
© farouk asvat
*
original composed: 01.02.1993 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].
Bra Frooks is ...
[] nes 'n skollie
[]
'n egte skollie
[]
'n tsotsi
[] a real scamp
[] streetwise
[] the jokerman
Bra Frooks ...
[] praat soos 'n skollie
[]
wietie soos 'n joster
[] wietie soos 'n tsotsi
[] tunes like a
durbanite
[] speaks like an englishman
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