SOMETHING LINGERS
© Farouk Asvat
If
there is no first coming
There
are no second thoughts
Even
though the flames are out
And
the night is dark
But
something lingers
The
architecture of the wind
The
splendour of the shooting star
The
meanderings of the mind
The
ululating dunes
Linger
Even
when the pane is misted over
And
a heap of silence lies between us
Even
when only a line spun by a spider
Connects
across the empty vastness of the desert
Something
like love lingers
Even
in animosity
© farouk asvat
composed: 1985 [Cape Town, South Africa
under apartheid]
[] Acknowledgements:
Something Lingers was previously published in:
Realities (Blac, Cape Town, p11, Spring 1985);
A Celebration Of Flames, (donker, p51, 1987);
A Celebration of Flames (Heller Fund, UC Berkeley, California, p43,
1988);
Iets Blijft Er Hangen: Dutch
translation by Irene Scheltes (1989);
A Celebration Of Flames (piquant publications, p52,
2007);
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(29.05.2012);
A Celebration Of Flames (kindle, 2014);
A Celebration Of Flames (amazon paperback, p52, 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
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IETS BLIJFT ER HANGEN
Dutch
translation by © Irene Scheltes
Als de eerste
toenadering er niet is
Volgen er geen
gedachten,
Ook al is het vuur gedoofd
En de nacht donker.
Maar iets
blijft er hangen:
De
architectuur van de wind
De
flonkering van de vallende ster
Het
doolhofvan de geest
De
jammerende duinen
Blijven
hangen
Zelfs
wanneer de ruiten beslagen zijn
En er
tussen ons een massa stilte ligt
Zelfs als slechts
het draadje van een spin
De lege
uitgestrektheid der woestijn doortekt
Blijft er iets
als liefde hangen
Zelfs in
vijandigheid
Dutch translation
by Irene Scheltes
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