HYMNS IN PB.AISE OF FAMOUS < KIEFS. j8'l 



Ki kgoadi ea bo-kgaitsedi 



Ea bo-kgaitsedi ea Lekgolane. 



luitlni le sa nthete 



Ga le sa nthete ki pelo ensu 



Pelo rifadi ea mogattsa sa mme. 



Le lebala go reta 



Lc lebetste una mogale-Kgaladi 



A Makoa 



. I le ledisa motho 



Ka rupu tsa Sekwati ka mo lelekisa 



Sent pa sa ba-Segolo-moshito 



O o tsoago Baroa kgautlele 



Mosoelesoele ca Boroa oa lla 



O re: Lebellang dinong, masogana 



Letlaka le la la ma'lo iiiagolo la kgos'. 



La gagoe la\ Mohuba oa Seopela 



Xgogola Bopedi le tie morokd 



Lo dyela dilatlegeleng 



Matlakana a tlo isa^ melomo 



Bomogatsa noanana oa Ickgoareng. 



(Translation.) 



Sekwati-kwati 19 of Sehula bosigo. 20 



Sekwati, even the little ones know him. 



They say : That is he with the white Seala 21 



I am Malema with many assegais — 



T am Mamosidi. I have a moroba-- in my ear— 



I am a Rhinoceros, I stat» — 



A Rhinoceros with a black horn. 



I am Kgatsoatsoe, stirring up dust with my horn — 



Of the Rantsodi with a shield — 



I am Kgoadi, 23 when the horn was all right upside — 



They turned it round to put it elsewhere 2 ! 



They put it in the middle of the fore-head of me Sefela 2 s — 



Of the father of Moikhuetse-' 6 of Magasa 



I go with men into the thicket. 27 



Into the black-black-desert . 



I am legola 28 of the young man, going with him 29 



^"hen he falls, into a donga, I also fall — 



*9 Running and driving away men. 



20 Malekut vs. Tulare. 



21 Ornament on hair from springbok skin. 



22 The broad flat ear-ornament of copper of warriors. 



2 3 A white and black bull. 



2 4 They said that I was no Chief and wished to rob me of my Chief- 

 tainship. 



2 5 Sefala= scraper, used for curing skins. 

 - 6 Daughter of Motodi. 



2 7 i.e., run after the enemy into his stronghold. 



28 Open field. 



2 9 i.e., to the enemy. 



