YOU COME
© Farouk Asvat
You
come
Like
rain
Soft
and imperceptible
Like
the seasons
Full
of blossom
And
winter warmth
Like
a ghazal
In
a night full of pain
My
tongue lapping your tears
As
you sob and heave beneath me
Oh play the violin
Amidst the violence
Let its soothing music
Jar our frenzied, fiery quests
Let its plaintive cry
Echo our pain
Oh
come my love
Come
into my life
© farouk asvat
composed: 1985 [johannesburg, south africa under #apartheid
]
[§] 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)
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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
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"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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● JE KOMT
Dutch translation by © Irene Scheltes
Je komt
Als de regen
Zacht en ongemerkt
Vol bloesem
En winter warmte
Als een gazelle
In een nacht vol pijn
Mijn tong likt je tranen weg
Als je snikkend onder mij beweegt:
O, speel viool
Temdden van het geweld
Laat haar zachte muziek
Onze dolle, vurige zoektocht beroeren
Laat haar jammerklacht
Echo zijn van onze pijn
O, kom mijn lief
Kom in mijn leven
Dutch translation by kind permission of © Irene Scheltes
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●
ΕΛΑΤΕ
Greek translation by © Paulos Ioannou
Έρχεσαι
σαν βροχή
Απαλή και
ανεπαίσθητη
Όπως οι
εποχές
Γεμάτες
άνθοι
Και
χειμωνιάτικη ζεστασιά
Σαν ποίημα
Σε μια νύχτα
γεμάτη πόνο
Η γλώσσα μου
γλύφει τα δάκρυά σου
Καθώς κλαις
και αναστενάζεις από κάτω μου
Ω, παίξε το βιολί
Εν μέσω της βίας
Αφήστε την χαλαρωτική μουσική του
Να ταρακουνήσει τις φρενήρεις, φλογερές αναζητήσεις μας
Αφήστε την θρηνητική φωνή του
Να αντηχά τον πόνο μας
Ω έλα αγάπη
μου
Έλα στη ζωή
μου
Greek translation by kind permission of © Paulos
Ioannou
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[] acknowledgements:
You Come was previously published in:
A Celebration Of Flames (donker, p47, 1987);
English Academy Review 3 (university of the
witwatersrand, p7, 1985);
A Celebration of
Flames (heller fund, uc berkeley, california, usa, p39,
1988);
ΕΛΑΤΕ : Greek translation by ©
Paulos Ioannou (2022);
Je Komt: Dutch translation
by Irene Scheltes (1989);
A Celebration Of Flames (piquant publications, p62, 2007);
A Celebration Of Flames (kindle, 2014);
A Celebration Of Flames (amazon paperback, p61, 2014).
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