© Farouk Asvat
Oh Doctor
I got pressureAnd also sugar,
And my sister too,
And my brother also
He also got sugar
And pressure
And liver
From drinking so much -
Cane and milk but.
Oh Ram!
What can do?
Won't listen to no one
© farouk asvat
translated into english by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg,
South Africa under new apartheid]
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WIETIE WHAT-WHAT
THE DOCTOR GOT PRESSURE
© Farouk Asvat
Arrêh Doc'têrr
I got preh'shêrrAnd also shuh'ghêrr,
And my sis'têrr too,
And my brah'thêrr also
He also got shuh'ghêrr
And preh'shêrr
And li'vêrr
From drinking sôh much -
Cane and milk but.
Arrê Ram!
What can do?
Won't liss'sên to no one
© farouk asvat
original composed: 1990 [Johannesburg, South Africa under
apartheid]
[] Acknowledgements:
The Doctor Got Pressure was previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p40,
2006).
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 what-what
[] tunes like a durbanite
[] speaks like an englishman
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