BRO' FROOKS
AN' THE JOHN VORSTER TEAM
© Farouk Asvat
Heit! Howzit there?
I hear you got an invite again, from high
places.
No,
the cops can't get along without me;
If
they don't sight me, they get very restless.
Yes,
so they left me this invite for John Vorster.
But
I don't give them much thought.
But
you know how the cops are
They
get on their nerves
-
Maybe I skipped or something -
So
they came to fetch me
So
eight of them, guns an' all.
An'
you know what?
-
Ai, but the whites are dumb -
The
first thing when I get there
The
big whiteman asks me now
Why
am I in the jail.
I
jus' wanted to laugh in his face
But
I, who is Bro' Frooks,
Know
how the whites are
An'
jus' keep myself zip.
An'
ask for leave
To
go pee.
But
the whiteman looks at me só,
An'
shakes his head;
No,
he cannot leave me alone
'Cause
I'm a political prisoner for my poetry.
Now
if I was a murderer-or-something
I
could go piss with pleasure.
© farouk asvat
*
original composed: 1976
[johannesburg, south africa, under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [johannesburg, south africa, under new apartheid].
[] acknowledgements:
The
Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications, p57, 1982); *
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p11, 2007); #
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications,
p10, 2007); *
https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2014/10/bro-frooks-the-john-vorster-team.html
(07.10.2014);
#
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014); #
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p11, 2014); #
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); #
Bra Frooks … (paperback, p12, 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)
● 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)
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[]
WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:
BRA FROOKS EN DIE
JOHN VORSTER SPAN
© Farouk Asvat
Heit! Hoezit daa'?
Ek hoor djy kry wee' 'n invite van high places.
Nee-ja, die gattas kom nie klaa' sonne' my.
As hulle my nie notch, raak hulle baie onrustig.
Ja. Toe los hulle my die invite vi' John Vorster.
Maa' ek tchee hulle mos nie kop.
Maa' djy wiet mos hoe's die gattas,
Hulle raak op hulle nerves
- Miskien het ek geskiep of iets -
Toe ko' haal hulle my somme'
So agt van hulle, gats en al.
En djy wiet wat?
- Ai, maa' die lahnies is dom -
Die eerste dêng as ek daa' kom
Vra die groot lahnie my nou
Hoekom is ek innie mang.
Ek wou somme' in hom gevriet lag
Maa' ek wat Bra Frooks is
Ken mos die lahnies
En hou my maa' zip.
En vra vir leave
Om te gaan pee.
Maa' die lahnie kyk my só,
En skud sy kop;
Nee, hy kan my nie alleen laat
Wan ek is mos 'n political prisoner vi' my poetry.
Nou as ek 'n murderer-of-iets gewies het
Kon ek gaan pis met pleasure
© farouk asvat
original
composed: 1976 [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 what-what
[] tunes like a durbanite
[] speaks like an englishman
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