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ha fela boshokwe 
metso, 
le bomakgoro- 
Kgomo e lela kwa Phapane, 
e lela e re " Sebele we ! " 
e tlholetse bo-Ngwato go senyeha. 
Me a thutlwa tse ke tsa molapo wa 
Sehoka ? 
a di neilwe Phoka ? 
Ga di tshwarwe, 
le ha kgomo tsa bangwe di tla tshaba, 
di tlogele marole mo tlotleng. 
Neither boshokwe nor bomakgoro- 
metso. 
The ox lows at Phapane (Hill).* 
It lows and says " Sebele." 
It caused boNgwato to be de- 
stroyed. (Oxen are the usual 
native casus belli.) 
Are yon giraffes those of Sefoka r 
vley ? 
Have they been given to Phoka ? 
Nay, they are not to be caught, 
Even if the cattle of others flee, 
And leave their calves in the ruins. 
No. 16. Yet another Praise of Sebele : 
Mashweu-shweu ao a ya (ao) 
tlou tsa Mothathe, masepela phalo : 
Tlou li kile tsa etela Sebele, eo o 
Sechele ; 
o tsetsoe[g]o fhenya lichaba ; 
re raea ka a fhetlha Mokmakanen ; 
le ga maNwato, o tla go fhitlha : 
me eare fha kgomo tsabo li gapiloe, 
a bile, a samile cheka, 
Mogats' a Motshipi. 
Those white men are eating up 
The elephants of M. They are those 
who outstrip in their going, 
The elephants paid a visit to Sebele, 
Sechele's son. 
He was born to rout the nations. 
We mean because he pierced to M. 
and at maNgwato shall he arrive : 
and when their cattle are taken, 
he made a war-axe his pillow, 
that spouse of M. (? Sebele I.'s wife). 
No. 17. Leboko la ga Mpelege (by himself on his deeds in the Kwena- 
Kgatla War, '75-9) : 
Batho ba yelwe ke Hauhau-koma : 
Ba yelwe ke tlhone rea tlhabana. 
Ka erile re se na ho tlhabana ntwa, 
ra ba ra tlhonama ra nna fela. 
Tioga, o ba abe, morwa Mocwasele, 
o ba abe, 
0 ba abe le makau : 
sefofatlele se leka macomane. 
0 pelo-kgale, nwana wa ga Mmopi : 
0 pelo-kgale, o tla digela batho. 
Ke mmonye ka ntwa ea ha Kgafela. 
0 digetse banna ba le bantsi : 
Tsela-e-mang o re, leke a mo etsa, 
A tla a tsena mo ganong g'a dilo, g'a 
di-ya-batho. 
(Ke khutla foo Mpelege.) 
Men are eaten by Hauhau (i.e. with a 
crackling of bones) — 'tis a secret : 
They are eaten by sadness as we fight. 
When we had fought our war, 
we were sad and sat still. 
Arise, 0 son of Mocwasele, 
and marshal them with the youths : 
a swift one (i.e. Mpelege) tries the race. 
He is patient, the child of Mmopi : 
He is patient, he shall lay men low. 
I have seen him in the war with the 
Kgafela. 
Surely he hath laid low many men : 
T. saith he will try to do likewise, 
and get him into the mouth of the 
beasts, of the man-eaters. 
(The words of Mpelege are ended.) 
Close to Pilane siding. 
