BAFOZA

coca moya steam
coca moya bafoza
kaya ka hina ku na swimange joe
ha sa le do sa le great hall dance
nou die laste for the rat race
minkey mouse en mice chipping monkey soul
soos hulle will en dink
when the mother cat is away
cup shape spaza shop tea spoon tips bottle figure
marvellous fanta mix skiloog air spirit wrong site
madala site         puppet string colar punch ndingi lizi
vaya slow down goloza hof site
if you see a stop sign calaza
short left en short right mdryseni
haba u turn mjavela twist
coca moya steam/coca moya majozi
from the six nine station          rider pee
waya waya spoon down test niks mabya joe
kaya ka hina ku na swimange na madambi
right across the heart en soul of jozi baba
drive safely papap
dryhoek ndingavela spy
tread your needle with care fafi stall
coca moya steam
coca moya bafoza

© by Ike Mboneni Muila
Production audio: 2002, M. Mechner, literaturWERKstatt berlin

BAFOZA

brotherman
take your time steam
cool down my brother
there are plenty cats at home joe
there is no more a great hall dance
now lately for the rat race
minkey mouse und mice chipping monkey soul
as much as they please
when the mother cat is away
cup shape small business tea spoon tipa to bottle figure
conscious sight              puppet string cola punch circle
go slow down cheap boaster courts of law
if you see a stop sign stay alert
short left and short right driver
no u turn javelin sports man twist
take your time steam cooldown brotherman
from the six nine station            rider pee
non stop spoon down test
come back no more joe
they are a lot of cats and tricks at home
right across the heart and soul city centre daddy
drive safely grand
when you spy by the corner
tread your needle with care gambler stall
take your time steam
cool down brotherman

Translated by Ike Mboneni Muila
© by Ike Mboneni Muila