444 SESUTO FRAISES. 



tsoeu-talla ea haboMphaphathi.* 



Ha a e'tla metsi h'a salla liesola 



ho setse bollatane le Kolojane. 



Ngoan'a MaMosa, ha u sa le talla, u hlohlometse. 



Ts'oeuyane sekubutu ha Neheng, 



koena mots'esi oa Tholoana-leqhaoe, 



mor'a MaMosa, maTimapane, MohatlaRapolo, 



ha u sa le talla, u hlohlometse, 



Ngoan'a ntloana a robetse a lore, 

 a lore a khaola nare hloho, 

 Mopota-nare ke Lepota-leZulu 

 Sekoakoabela sa linare-talla, 

 ha o sa le talla, o hlohlometse. 



Of Chief Jonathan, Grandson of Moshesh. 



Swaying goer of the wild oxen (regiment) ambushed, 



Of Maria's* men, son of 'Mamosa of the stony hill, 



(See note at end) 



Lier-in-wait for Mokapana and Mahetlana (the Cucumber and 

 Hunchback), 



The light-hued ambusher of the men of Mphaphathi.* 



When he comes, the waters do not wait for the weak; 



There wait the men of Hatane and Kolojane. 



Son of 'Mamosa, if you are still in ambush, you are alert. 



A fair-skinned overwhelmer at Neheng's, 



The crocodile, the swimmer of Tholoana-leqhaoe (chief wife), 



Son of 'Mamosa, Matimapane, the tail of Bapolo, 



(circumcision name) 



If you are still in ambush, you are alert. 



While the child of the little house f sleeps and dreams, 



Dreams that he cuts off the wild ox's head, 



He who gets round the wild ox can get round the Zulu (or the sky), 



Swaying goer of the wild oxen (regiment) ambushed, 



Though you are still in ambush, you are alert. 



* Jonathan's sister. 



t His brother and riv.il Joel, son of an inferior wife. 



V. 



TSELE. 



Apara kobo ka lesoba, Mosia, 

 ikaparele sekhetjana sa lipoli ; 

 hoja ke sa khomo, 

 Se ka be s'o ts'anna (ts'oanela ?). 



