© Farouk Asvat
The madcap
dance
Of the
blackjacksIn the wind
Is the everyday dance
Of the swanky gangsters
In the ghettoes
The burnt
trunks
Of the tall
bluegumsIn the sun
Is the hungry weeping
Of the lean children
Languishing in the land
And the
veldfire
That lights
upOur souls in winter
Is the black stubble
That pricks our hearts
Waiting for summer
©
farouk asvat
*
original composed: 1985
[Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2006 [Johannesburg, South Africa under new apartheid].
[] Acknowledgements:
The Madcap Dance
was previously published in:
The Wind Still Sings Sad
Songs (piquant publications, p81, 2006); #
Bra Frooks … (piquant publications, p37,
2006); * www.faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com (03.07.2012); * #
www.faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com (13.01.2015); * #
Bra Frooks … (kindle, 2014); *
Bra Frooks … (amazon paperback, p25, 2014); *
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (kindle, 2014); #
The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs (amazon paperback, p79, 2014). #
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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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Reproduction
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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:
DIE
MALTRAP DANS
© Farouk Asvat
Die maltrap dans
Vannie
wewenaarsgrasInnie wind
Issie alledagse dans
Van die spoggerigge majietas
Innie 'kasies
Die gebrande
stompe
Vannie
bloekombomeInnie son
Issie honger tjankery
Vannie skraal kinners
Treurig innie land
Ennie veldbrand
Wat ons siele
verlig Innie winter
Issie swart stoppel
Wat ons harte prikkel,
Wagtend op somer
* 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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Asvat is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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the anthology The Wind Still Sings Sad Songs by Farouk
Asvat is now available on amazon: paperback @ $10 & kindle @ only $5
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