THERE IS NOTHING TO BELIEVE IN
© Farouk
Asvat
There
is nothing more to say.
Politeness
can be devastating
Love
can turn to laughter
As
I sit here in the corner
With
crumpled heart
Wondering
what it's all about
While
my mentors seek wisdom
In
silence
Or
strategies of a new kind
But
still
New
friendships come from old hurts
And
tomorrow you'll see me
Quickfooted
and clowning on the corner
Wondering
what it's all about
© farouk asvat
composed: 1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa
under apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
There Is
Nothing More To Say / There Is Nothing To Believe In was previously published in:
A Celebration Of Flames, (donker, p36, 1987);
A Celebration of Flames (Heller Fund, UC Berkeley, California, p30,
1988);
Horses: Athlone (eKapa & Buchu Books, Cape Town, p15, 1988);
Er
Is Niets Om In Te Geloven: Dutch translation by Irene Scheltes (1989);
A Celebration Of Flames
(piquant publications, p48, 2007);
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com
(27.11.2012);
A Celebration Of Flames (kindle, 2014);
A Celebration Of Flames (paperback, p48, 2014).
new edited version: 17.04.2012
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© farouk asvat. All rights reserved.
Farouk
Asvat asserts his moral right to be
identified as the author of this work.
No part of this publication may
be reproduced by any means whatsoever, or transmitted in any form or any means
whatsoever, mechanical or electronic, including recording, printing, photocopying,
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shall not be sold, lent, hired, resold or circulated in any form or binding or
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Permission
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author.
Reproduction
of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,
is
liable to a payment of 10, 000 ren men bi or US$ 1,500.
farouk asvat can be contacted at: farouk.asvat@gmail.com
[] please check out my blogs @:
weapons of words: www.faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com
piquante: www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com
books by farouk asvat: www.faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com
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[] ER IS NIETS OM IN TE GELOVEN
Dutch
translation by © Irene Scheltes
Er is niets om in te
geloven
Beleefdheid kan
vernietigend zijn
Liefde kan omslaan in
spot
Terwijl ik hier in een
hoekje zit
Met verkreukeld hart
En me afvraag aar het
allemaal om draait
Terwijl mijn
leermeesters wijsheid zoeken
In stilte
Of nieuwe strategieën.
Maar toch,
Nieuwe vriendschappen
ontstaan uit oude pijn;
En
morgen zul je me zien
Snelvoetig, clownesk
op de hoek
Me afvragend waar het
allemaal om draait
Dutch
translation by kind permission of © Irene
Scheltes
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kindle @ only $5
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