© Farouk Asvat
The maelstrom of madness returns
Here
in the grey arteries of the city
Where
again I look for warmth in winter streets
Away
from the oppressive nature of Natal
Away
from the gentle winds of the Cape
Here
it is harsh, the land and its people
So memory stretches
Across
the grey waves of the Karoo
Over
the formidable Hottentots-Holland
To
the peninsula of hope and storms
There among the maroon
bougainvillaea
White
orchids and purple four o' clocks
Your
face is serene
The full-mouthed hello
The compassion in the laughter within your
smile
The subtle tease in your strut
Return like a swell
©
farouk asvat
composed:
1980 [Johannesburg -
Cape Town, South Africa under apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
The Time Of
Our Lives was
previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives
(black thoughts publications, p65, 1982);
The Indicator (Johannesburg, p35, 11.06.1985);
Exiles Within (Writers' Forum, p3, 1985);
A Celebration of Flames (Heller Fund, UC Berkeley, California, p16,
1988);
Güzel Anlarımız: translated into
Turkish by İlyas Tunç
The Time Of Our Lives
(piquant publications, p62, 2007);
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(08.05.2012);
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014);
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback,
p62, 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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[] Güzel Anlarımız
translated
into Turkish by © İlyas Tunç
Dönüyor çılgınlığın girdabı
Burada, gri atardamarlarında kentin
Yine karlı sokaklarda sevgiyi aradığım yerde
Natal’ın baskın doğasından uzakta
Cape’in kibar rüzgârlarından uzakta
İşte, hırçınlık: ülkem ve insanları
Böylece uzanıyor anılar
Karoo’nun gri dalgaları boyunca
Ürkütücü Hottentus-Holland üzerinden
Umut ve fırtınalar yarımadasına
Orada, kestane rengi begonyalar
Beyaz orkideler, pembe saat dört çiçekleri arasında
Senin berrak yüzün
Ağız dolusu
merhaba deyişin
Gülüşündeki,
kahkahandaki sevecenlik
Kurumla
yürüyündeki ince alay
Kabarmiş bir
dalga gibi dönüyor geri.
by
kind permission of © İlyas Tunç
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