568 INITIATION KITES OF THE HAPEDI. 



continuation of the Kgau iiiadlkana already described, and is 

 said to be the most important of them all. They are generally 

 known, as were the Psalms to the monks of old, by their opening 

 words. 



No. I. MAN Kl KAN A. 



Mankikana! Mankikana! — ']>aitor ! Traitor! 



Khuiri inogoapaua ! — The little biltong* has disappeared. 



Piidi '-e lla mogain — A little goat is bleating in among the 

 thorns of the Haakdoorn. 



Ella moa o bitslia iiiodishi — He is crying to call the herder. 



E re : Modishi nkgoli — He says : Herder come and pull me 

 out. 



Modishi ore: Nka go golla ke le kae" — The herder savs : 

 How can I pull you out when I am as I am. 



Ke fshaba digooe tsha titigaia — I am afraid of the branches of 

 the thorn trees. 



Digooe fslia niigaia di kgoini ke ho fan — These branches are 

 only negotiated by the lions. 



Na bonkoiie elego dilo tsha di luiiii — ( Jr by the leopards, 

 because they are things that bite. 



Diletshi khateng ga tsela — Which are lying in ambush be- 

 tween the roads. 



Di bona mofiti o fetago — To see every passer by. 



feta le 'mpyana isha 'bo — He passes with little dogs of 

 theirs. 



Thaiiiago le tilo — A speckled white and red, with a mottled 

 brown and black. 



Bana ba tiloana — Children of a brown and black bitch. 



Esego tsha go tseua fzika — They are not fit to get into the 

 rock. 



Tsha tsena tsha 11 11 Isha sebata! — They would not enter and 

 drive out the brood, t 



Tohlanye! Tohlauye! Baeka! — Make a noise! Make a 

 noise ! You Traitors. 



No. 2. GO EGO AN E! 



(Sung by the Miditi while the Badikana wash their wounds in the 



river.) 



Geogoane! Geogoane! nyama di metseng — Little frogs! 

 Little frogs ! The flesh in the water. 



Ki dithoma mang? — Whom shall I send? J 



Mahndu monyane! — The little tortoise. 



Oa setang tang — Who is able to frisk about? (Bob up and 

 down. ) 



Oa go tsela noka — Who can cross the river ? 



* I.e., prceptttiuui. 



'\I.e., the brood of the coney. 



t I.e., to catch them for me. — C.A.T.W. 



