farouk asvat : poems: DIRECTIONS TO HELL and beyond

DIRECTIONS TO HELL and beyond
© Farouk Asvat

Directions From Bro' Biza in Josie

'Hey! how do I go to Fietas?'

"Take a left at the corner

Turn right
Its on your left."

Directions From Couzie-Bro' In Durban

'I say, how to get to the Hills, Couzie?'

"Brother, you'all sight that robot there?"

'Ja ...'

"Well, that's none of your business.

You'all just go straight.
When you'all come top-side an'all
You'all sight a cornershop there,
You'all hit a left,
Then you'all come to the stop sign
- Well, don't worry about that -
You'all just go straai-ght and straai-ght,
When you'all sight the ocean
You'all hit a right
Then you'all just mo-tor and mo-tor
Down hUmgeni Road.
Therewa!
Now you'all know
How to get to Chatsworth an'all."

Directions From Ol' Pank In The Ol' Cape

'Hey Pank, how do we come by The Parade?'

"You know

You jus’ go sooo straight
Then you turn left by the robot
Then you turn right
There by the stop sign
Then you turn right again
Right into your mmother!"

* original composed: 01.02.1993 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].

# english translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid].

[] Acknowledgements:

# Directions To Hell And beyond /

* Hoe Ko’ Ek By Die Hel was previously published in:

The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (piquant publications, p51, 2006); #

     Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p40, 2006); *
     Straight Talk From Bra Frooks: the legend of farouk asvat
           by Mphutlane wa Bofelo, published in:
           www.kaganof.com (08.11.2007); #
           www.kaganof.com/kagablog (p4, 2007); #
           www.botsotsoonline (november, 2007); #
           Islamic Focus # 14 (CIP, p5, december 2007); #
           Al Qalam (november, 2007); #
     www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (08.05.2012); * #
     www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (18.11.2014); * #
     Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
     Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p42, 2014); *
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014); #
     The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p50, 2014). #

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Reproduction of this work without permission, except for scholarly & nonprofit purposes,

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farouk asvat can be contacted at: farouk.asvat@gmail.com

[] please check out my blogs @:

farouk asvat - poems:

www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com

weapons of words:

www.faroukasvat-viewpoint.blogspot.com

streetwise:

www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com

books by farouk asvat:

www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com

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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT LIKE A TSOTSI
& TUNE LIKE A DURBANITE
& PRAAT NES 'N SKOLLIE

HOE KO' EK BY DIE HEL?

Directions From Bra Biza in Josie

'Hey! how to get to Fietas?'

"Vat a left by the corner

Turn right
Its on your left."

Directions From Couzie Broer In Durban

'Ek sê, how to get to the Hills, Couzie?'

"Broer, you'all sight that robot there?"

'Ja ...'

"Well, that's none of your business.

You'all just waai straight;
When you'all come top-side an'all
You'all sight a cornershop there
You'all hit a left,
Then you'all come to the stop sign
- Well, don't worry about that -
You'all just go straai-ght and straai-ght;
When you'all sight the ocean
You'all hit a right
Then you'all just mo-tor and mo-tor
Down hUmgeni Road.
Therewa!
Now you'all know
How to get to Chatsworth an'all."

Directions From Ou Pank Innie Boo-Kaap

'Hey Pank, hoe kom ons by Die Parrara?'

"Djy wiet

  Djy gaan sooo reg af
  Daan draai djy links by die robot
  Daan draai djy wee' regs
  Daa' by die stop sign
  Daan draai djy wee' reg
  Tot in djou moer in."

* original composed: 01.02.1993 [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 soos 'n tsotsi
                    [] tunes like a durbanite
                    [] speaks like an englishman

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farouk asvat : poems

18 November 2014

DIRECTIONS TO HELL and beyond

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