SESUTO PRAISES. 



h'a re "Ka sa ka kalla ts'oene" : 

 bakoenehi koenehang, e sa le kajeno, 

 tsela li e-so mele mefero. 

 Rona ba boMosa, re sa le re loana, 

 ngoana o tsoile ka phofu-ea-lehlaka. 

 Pita, o se ke oa leka oa feta Seoehla. 

 Seoehla ke 'mao le ntat'ao, 

 S. ke khomo, h'a ka a fetoa. 



Of Pita, His Son. 



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The darts eat up the fat one, Pita, son of Nyaphisi, 



Even the cattle that are fed fat: 



Vulture, leave me, that I may go home, 



May go to see the scherms at home, 



The scherms which are fair at noontide. 



The mate of the child of Ntloi beat a baboon, 



When he said, I have just fought a monkey: 



Ye rebels, rebel, while it is called to-day, 



Ere the way be grass-grown (i.e., barred by enemies). 



We, the servants of Mosa (Molapo's daughter), while we still 



fight, 

 The child hath gone forth with the Eland of the Reed.* (P.'s son, 



Hlokoa.) 

 Pita, try not to pass Seoehla (the chief at the back of the host) : 

 Seoehla is thy mother and thy father, 

 He is an ox not to be passed. 



* The svmbol of childbirth. 



XI. 



TSA LECHESA. 



Morena, joale ke ea joang, 



ke sa le a its'oara le thebe holimo, 



lithebe a li jara, a li isa Matebeleng. 



Lechesa, h'a a (e) ja, ba mo lebala, 



ba mo hopola ha ho ts'oeroe lithebe, 



Pholo (ha li ea likhomo), mor'a khosi, 



ha e'so ho sole, e sa otile ; 



morena Rampetetsi a makhotla, 



makhotla a petetsane sebohong, 



Moja-moja-mojang-mosueu, 



mohats'a Sebili sa baTauno-. 



