THE IMAAM
© Farouk Asvat
Allah the Highest said in the Qur'an
You
must keep your mouths shut,
The
Imaam preaches in the shebeen;
Hook-me-Allah
He
chants at the harlot's
Who
only eats halaal food.
So
the community excommunicated him.
But
Allah knows much better
Because
the man had remembered him
An'
spread the word in-between the people.
An'
so Allah sent him straight to heaven
With
a bottle o' booze.
©
farouk asvat
*
original composed: 1980 [cape
town, south africa under apartheid].
# english
translation by farouk asvat: 2007 [johannesburg, south africa under new
apartheid].
[] acknowledgements:
The Imaam # / Die Imaam * were previously published in:
The Time Of Our Lives (black thoughts publications, p58, 1982); *
The Time Of Our Lives (piquant publications, p15, 2007); #
Bra Frooks (piquant publications, p14,
2007); *
Straight Talk From Bra Frooks: the
legend of farouk asvat by mphutlane wa bofelo:
www . kaganof . com / kagablog (08.11.2007) * #
Botsotso
on line (2007) * #
Islamic
Focus #14 (CIP, p5, december 2007) * #
Al
Qalam (2007) * #
But Is It Halal? :
khadija patel (blog: worldly fragments, 20.09.2010);
https://faroukasvat-poems.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-imaam.html
(16.06.2015);
* #
https://faroukasvat-lingo.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-imaam.html
(18.12.2012);
* #
Bra Frooks (kindle,
2014); *
Bra Frooks (amazon
paperback, p17, 2014); *
The Time Of Our Lives (kindle, 2014); #
The Time Of Our Lives (amazon paperback, p15, 2014). #
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[] WIETIE WHAT-WHAT:
DIE IMAAM
© Farouk Asvat
Allah-hu-ta-alla het gesê innie Koeraan
Djulle moet
djulle bekke hou
Preek die
Imaam innie smokkelhuis;
Hoek me
Allah
Djikr hy by
die jintoe
Wat net halaal
kos iet.
Toe
excommunicate die jamma' hom.
Maa' Allah
ken mos betere
Wan' die
man het hom mos geremember
Ennie woord
gespread tussen innie mense.
En toe
stuur Allah hom straight heaven toe
Met 'n
borrel dop.
© farouk asvat
*
original composed: 1980 [cape
town, south africa under apartheid].
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[] 'n tsotsi
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[] streetwise
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Bra Frooks:
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[] wietie soos 'n joster
[] wietie what-what
[] tunes like a durbanite
[] speaks like an englishman
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