DON AND YOU AND ME
© Farouk AsvatPelser
sent us a writ
Linked us to our destiny
Kruger and Vorster brought us together
Don and you and me
Fire together on winter nights
We laugh at how we harass the system
Speak of love
In the cynical tongue
Passionately of hatred
For them that rule our lives
With hunger and gunfire
To
break the links of our love
But
the chainsLinked us to our destiny
Kruger and Vorster brought us together
Don and you and me
Fire together on winter nights
We laugh at how we harass the system
Speak of love
In the cynical tongue
Passionately of hatred
For them that rule our lives
With hunger and gunfire
©
farouk asvat
composed: 1985 [johannesburg, south africa under #apartheid ]
[] acknowledgements:
Don and You And Me was previously published in:
A Celebration Of Flames (donker, p12, 1987);
Don En Jij En Ik: Dutch translation by Irene Scheltes (1989);
ΝΤΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΣΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΓΩ: Greek
translation by Paulos Ioannou (2022);
A Celebration Of Flames (piquant publications, p27, 2007);
A Celebration Of Flames (kindle, 2014);
A Celebration Of Flames (amazon paperback, p16, 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
(literary criticism)
¨ all my books are now available on amazon in paperback & kindle
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§ A CELEBRATION
OF FLAMES by FAROUK ASVAT §
§ WINNER OF THE VITA AWARD §
""A Celebration of Flames" is a
powerful, impassioned call. The sanity and courage of this collection arises
from the poet's unique experiential perceptions of his milieu, making him one
of the few who can write about these traumatic times with such lucidity and
lyricism. The strength of Farouk Asvat's poetry lies in the way he intertwines
the complex elements of social and political conflicts with intense personal
relationships. The wide tonal range extends from sensual and delicate insights
into the nature of passion to the satiric and humorous use of slang."
● Vita Award
citation
"Like hesitating snowflakes ... his words are
fascinating in their capricious wilfulness ... like unexpected strokes of a
whip."
● Susanne Baackmann,
University Of Albuquerque, USA
"His love poetry soars with an intense sensitivity,
it celebrates lyrically the joys of a most exquisite sensuousness."
● Marcia Leveson, University Of The Witwatersrand, The
Indicator
""A Celebration of Flames" (is) a
powerful, impassioned call. I admire the
sanity and courage of this. Your
position and perception make you one of the few who can write on this subject
without obscenity."
● Lionel Abrahams, editor
Purple Renoster & Sesame
"The legend of poet extraordinaire Farouk Asvat: ...
like vintage wine, proper poetry matures with time, and like vintage art the
voice and wisdom of a poet worth the name is timeless."
● Mphutlane wa Bofelo, kagablog
"... you almost catch your breath at some of the
stanzas ... you can re-read it several times and be struck by new ideas,
metaphors, elegiac surprises, and the heartfelt poignancy ..."
● Aggrey Klaaste, editor Sowetan
"Out of an angry silence, a
polished poet is born."
● Anton Harber, editor Weekly Mail
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DON EN JIJ EN IK
Dutch
translation by © Irene Scheltes
Pelser stuurde ons een oproep
Om onze liefdesband te breken
Maar de ketenen
Verbonden ons in ons lot
Kruger en Vorster brachten ons
samen
Jon en jou en mij
Vuur, verenigd in winter nachten,
Lachen om het tarten van het
syteem
Spreken over liefde
In cynische bewoordingen
Verteerd door haat
Jegens hen die ons leven
beheersen
Met honger en geweervuur
Dutch
translation by kind permission of © Irene
Scheltes
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ΝΤΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΣΥ
ΚΑΙ ΕΓΩ
Greek
translation by © Paulos Ioannou
Ο Πέλσερ μας
έστειλε ένα διάταγμα
Για να
σπάσει τους κρίκους της αγάπης μας
Αλλά οι
αλυσίδες
Μας
συνέδεσαν με τη μοίρα μας
Ο Κρούγκερ
και ο Βόρστερ μας έφεραν μαζί
Με τον Τζον
και εσένα και εμένα
Φωτιά μαζί
τις νύχτες του χειμώνα
Γελάμε με το
πώς παρενοχλούμε το σύστημα
Μίλησε για
αγάπη
Στην κυνική
γλώσσα
Παθιασμένη
από μίσος
Για αυτούς
που κυβερνούν τη ζωή μας
Με πείνα και
πυροβολισμούς
Greek translation by kind permission of © Paulos
Ioannou
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