07 August 2012

YOU COME

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)

¨ 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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● 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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