© Farouk Asvat
"We won't leave,
We'll stay here.Hey Meadowlands!
Meadowlands!"
Gents!
I, I tell
no lies,I tell you
The thing that I talk
I talk it:
This Bro' Zinga from Sophiatown
He was the last of the last
A dolly-dolly brother of mine
A double-dolly of a guy.
But still,
This
one-time brother of mineIs just another gangster
From Gerty Street
Who talks too much
©
farouk asvat
*
original composed: 15.05.1985 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
Bro' Zinga From Sophiatown # /
Bra Zinga Van Kofifi * was
previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (piquant publications, p50, 2006); #
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p39,
2006); * www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (26.06.2012); * #
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (06.01.2015); * #
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p39, 2014); *
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014); #
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p49, 2014). #
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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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Reproduction
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is
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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
books by farouk asvat: www.faroukasvat-piquant.blogspot.com
[] also link up on:
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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:
BRA ZINGA VAN KOFIFI
© Farouk Asvat
"Ons dak nie
Ons polah hierHey Meadowlands!
Meadowlands!"
Gents,
Ek, ek phazamiza nie,Die denk wat ek praat
Ek praat hom:
Dié Bra Zinga van Kofifi
Hy was die laastes van die laastes
'n Dolly-dolly bra van my
'n Double-dolly van 'n ou.
Maa' nogtans,
Die bra van myIs net 'n anne' majieta
Van Gerty Street
Wat too veel cable
© farouk asvat
*
original composed: 15.05.1985 [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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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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