THE PSEUDO-INTELLECTUALS

THE PSEUDO-INTELLECTUALS 

? Farouk Asvat 

The intellectuals

From the college of little knowledge

Still talk about Marxism

Analyse the situation

To say 'The time is not ripe for a revolution'

But the children are already rioting

An' the workers are already on strike

An' the terrorists are already on the border

But the intellectuals still waver.

It's the wiseguys on the corner who say

The days of the law are numbered

? farouk asvat

__________________________________________________________________________ DIE KAMMA-INTELLECTUALS 

? Farouk Asvat 

Die intellectuals

Van'ie college van min knowledge

Praat nog van Marxism

Analyse die situation

Omtesê, 'The time is not ripe for a revolution.'

Maa' die kin'ers riot al

En'ie workers is al op strike

En'ie terrorists is al op'ie border

Maa' die intellectuals waver nog.

Dis die ou roekers op'ie corner wat sê

Die law se dae is genommer

? farouk asvat

__________________________________________________________________________ [] original composed*: 1976 [Johannesburg, South Africa under apartheid]

[] english translation#: by farouk asvat: 2006.

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