A POOR MAN'S
PRAYER
© Farouk Asvat
Lord
Give a sixpence
Make a way there
Jus' a piece o' bread
An' a half-pint milk
Just like that
With the freedom
Ag please my Lord
©
farouk asvat
* original composed: 1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa under
apartheid];
# english translation: by farouk asvat: 2006.
[] Acknowledgements:
A Poor Man’s Prayer was
previously published in:
A Celebration Of Flames (donker, p24, 1987);
Gebed Van Een Arme Man: Dutch translation by Irene
Scheltes (1989);
Poetry
2000: an anthology of poems, ed T & F Oliver
(Hodder & Stoughton,
Johannesburg, p209, 1996);
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p20,
2006);
A Celebration Of Flames (piquant publications, p13, 2007); #
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p9, 2014); *
A Celebration Of Flames (kindle, 2014); #
A Celebration Of Flames (amazon paperback, p19,
2014). #
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<> blog archive: 12 august 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 (comparative
literature & literary criticism)
¨ all my books are now available
on amazon: in paperback & kindle
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piquante: https://faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com
streetwise: https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com
quran lectures: https://faroukasvat-quran.blogspot.com
biography: https://faroukasvat-bio.blogspot.com
books by farouk asvat: https://faroukasvat-books.blogspot.com
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[] WIETIE
WHAT-WHAT:
A POOR MAN'S PRAYER
©
Farouk Asvat
Lord
Tchee 'n zoega
Maak 'n way daa'
Net 'n stukkie brood
En 'n half pint melk
Somme' soe saam met die freedom
Ag please tog Lord
©
farouk asvat
original composed: 1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa under
apartheid]
Bra Frooks is ...
[] nes 'n skollie
[] 'n egte skollie
[] 'n tsotsi
[] a real scamp
[] streetwise
[]
the jokerman
Bra Frooks ...
[] praat soos
'n skollie
[] wietie soos 'n joster
[] wietie what-what
[]
tunes like a durbanite
[]
speaks like an englishman
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[] GEBED VAN EEN
ARME MAN
Dutch
translation by ©
Irene Scheltes
Heer
Tchee 'n zoega
Maak 'n weg daa'
Net 'n stukkie
brood
En 'n halve
liter melk
Somme' soe saam
met die vrijheid
Ag
alstubliwft tog Heer
Dutch
translation by kind permission of © Irene Scheltes
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the NOVEL Sadness In The House Of
Love by Farouk
Asvat
is now available on amazon: in paperback @ $15 & kindle @ only $5
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