DIE
IMAAM
© Farouk Asvat
Allah-hu-ta-alla het gesê innie
Koeraan
Djulle
moet djulle bekke hou
Preek
die Imaam innie smokkelhuis;
Hoek
me Allah
Djikr
hy by die jintoe
Wat
net halaal kos iet.
Toe
excommunicate die jamma' hom.
Maa'
Allah ken mos betere
Wan'
die man het hom mos geremember
Ennie
woord gespread tussen innie mense.
En
toe stuur Allah hom straight heaven toe
Met
'n borrel dop.
©
farouk asvat
* original
composed: 1980 [Cape
Town, South Africa under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2007 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new
apartheid].
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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:
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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[] Acknowledgements:
The Imaam # / Die Imaam * was previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives
(black thoughts publications, p58, 1982); *
The Time Of Our Lives
(piquant publications, p15, 2007); #
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p14,
2007); *
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) * #
But Is It Halal? : Khadija Patel
(blog: Worldly Fragments, 20.09.2010);
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p17, 2014); *
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014); #
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback,
p15, 2014). #
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<> blog link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
<> streetwise
post link: https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-imaam.html
<> blog archive: 18
december 2012
<> poem post
link: https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-imaam.html
<> blog archive: 16
june 2015
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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)
● This Masquerade (short stories)
● 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
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[] please check out my blogs @:
weapons of words: https://faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com
piquante: https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com
streetwise: https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com
quran lectures: https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com
biography: https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com
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THE IMAAM
© Farouk Asvat
Allah the Highest said in the Qur'an
You
must keep your mouths shut,
The
Imaam preaches in the shebeen;
Hook-me-Allah
He
chants at the harlot's
Who
only eats halaal food.
So
the community excommunicated him.
But
Allah knows much better
Because
the man had remembered him
An'
spread the word in-between the people.
An'
so Allah sent him straight to heaven
With
a bottle o' booze.
©
farouk asvat
* original
composed: 1980 [Cape
Town, South Africa under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2007 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new
apartheid].
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