Poem
Ronelda Kamfer
CHINATOWN ON A SUNDAY
my dad says to menow you must try to find your feet again
you can’t carry on with this madness
any longer I say I’m not mad
I’m depressed and suicidal
he says you believe too much in what white people say
I get out of the car and say
it’s only the white people who believe me
when I tell them about you
© Translation: 2021, Robert Dorsman
CHINATOWN OP ’N SONDAG
CHINATOWN OP ’N SONDAG
my pa sê vir mynou moet jy ’n slag regkom
jy kan nie malgeit vir meer
langer doen nie ek sê ek is nie
mal nie ek is depressed en suicidal
hy sê jy glo te veel wat die wit mense sê
ek klim uit die kar uit en sê
is net die wit mense wat my glo
as ek hulle van jou sê
© 2019, Ronelda Kamfer
From: Chinatown
Publisher: Kwela,
From: Chinatown
Publisher: Kwela,
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CHINATOWN ON A SUNDAY
my dad says to menow you must try to find your feet again
you can’t carry on with this madness
any longer I say I’m not mad
I’m depressed and suicidal
he says you believe too much in what white people say
I get out of the car and say
it’s only the white people who believe me
when I tell them about you
© 2021, Robert Dorsman
From: Chinatown
From: Chinatown
CHINATOWN ON A SUNDAY
my dad says to menow you must try to find your feet again
you can’t carry on with this madness
any longer I say I’m not mad
I’m depressed and suicidal
he says you believe too much in what white people say
I get out of the car and say
it’s only the white people who believe me
when I tell them about you
© 2021, Robert Dorsman
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