HYMNS IN PRAISE OF FAMOUS CHIEFS. 379 



A bidikctse dirupc le marago 

 Tulare o tlotsc mothaga molomo 

 E bile e ke ki kgomo e tsungoane 

 Tsumo ea dim seaba Mabuka 

 Bontsi bo lata le tlalo. 



(Translation.) 



Note: The first knowledge of white men is not included in the 

 Hymn, because the Chief kept this secret for himself alone. 



Tulare said : Thu ! Le-Palakata-* a 



The cattle fly to Madikadikani 5 



They fly into the kloof of Mosetla-tlou Lenana 



Of Mankepeng 6 



The wars I do not know are those going on all sides" 



Here in the midst (I) Sepitla 8 has driven them asunder by a 



Wacht-een-bietje tree — 

 (I) the cock of the Ma'lodr 5 

 (I) the red flash of lightning of Moroamotshe, 

 Always extinguishing wars like a fire — 

 Who uses as a walking stick, him of Ra-Kaau 10 

 A walking stick of iron ; 

 With it he walks up the Lolu Mountains. 

 He sees Sothele of Zebediela 11 

 You little boy — Matime of Mapahlele — 

 The hare of his father 

 We meet each other at Kgaditse 

 At Kgomo — Monepenepeng — 

 My dogs hunted you, digging up dust — 

 Drove you into the hole Kgaditse. 

 My dogs by making dust round you 

 The tail of the hare 1 - became red 

 The girls of Makibane 1 - 3 

 Of Makibane at Sha'leng 

 Of Makibane, refuse him 1 -* 

 Say: Where shall we go with a man so big. 

 Big in the loins and the hind-parts 

 Tulare besmeared with Witt-clay round his mouth's 

 Just as if it was a cow with a white mouth — 



4=' Thu ! The voice of the first gun ever heard, 

 s Now Riverside. 



6 His sister, the tree Tenana being called after her. 



7 His impis going in all directions. 



8 The Crusher. 



9 His grandmother. 



10 Motsha. 



1 ' Makes a raid upon him. 



12 The Chief. 



J 3 Magakal. 



'4 i.e. Tulare. 



'5 Always on the war-path. 



