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XIV. 



TSOETETS1. 



Tsoetetsi ea ma.pha.tsoe, mor'a. Lebaka, 



sechicha se mahlomaholo, 



naleli ea Molatoli ke tsa mang ? 



li hlapanyetsa Tebele, bahabo ha ba mo hlapanye, 



ha ba mo hlapanye, 



ha ba ka ba re'Tsoetetsi a maphatso(e), 



ha le utloa (a) lumela Mahlatse, 



le re, H'a se lumele, a etse joang, 



ha e le bafo ba boNtatisi, e le bafo, ba qhats(any)etsoa mofehlo 



Sekonyela ke motho oa Molingoane, 



o latotsoe ke Molingoane. 



Of Tsoetetsi, His Grandfather. 



Tsoetetsi of the Maphatsoa (regiment), son of Lebaka, 

 Sknll with the great eyes, 

 Whose are the stars of Molatodi ? 

 They swear to the Matebele, 



His people swear not by him, they swear not by him. 

 They did not say, "Tsoetetsi of the Maphatsoa." 

 When you bear tliey roar applause. 



You say, Why should he not agree? W T hat else can he do? 

 If it is the servants of Ntatisi's folk, servants for whom butter- 

 milk is poured, 

 Sekonyela is Modingoane's man, 

 But he is denied of nim. 



XV. 



MOTHO ANE. 



Mothoane : Ke sekolebeta sa RaJosefa, 

 Sa beta motho ts'imong ea Lebusa. 



Of Mothoane. 



I am the champion of Josef a 's father (Molapo) : 

 He wrestled with a man in the garden of Lebusa (a cousin of 

 Lechesa). 



