© Farouk Asvat
I cry when
I cry.
I am smallBut my thoughts are king;
I do not take tea with the lah-di-dahs,
I jus' wan' a soft seat in parliament;
Not a rusty toilet-seat
In the backstreets of the townships
© farouk asvat
* original composed: 18.02.1987
[Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
* My Gedagtes Is Koning /
# My Thoughts Are King was previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (piquant publications, p91, 2006); #
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p34,
2006); * www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (12.06.2012); * #
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (23.12.2014); * #
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p31, 2014); *
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014); #
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p89, 2014). #
> updated: 06
June 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
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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
[] also link up on:
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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:
MY GEDAGTES IS KONING
© Farouk Asvat
Ek tjank wan' ek tjank.
Ek is kleinMaa' my gedagtes is koning;
Ek vat nie tee met die lahnies,
Ek soek net 'n soft seat innie parliament;
Nie 'n geroeste toilet-seat
Innie backstreets vannie townships
© farouk asvat
* original composed: 18.02.1987
[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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Asvat is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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Asvat is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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