Yellow one from the house of Mothebele, rise,
It seems you still eat what belongs to people,
Instead of eating those that live in the wilds!
You, relative without kith and kin,
Just keep on killing and crushing!
Thomas Mofolo (1876 - 1948) Lesotho
Translated by Chris Swanepoel
Source: Folkloric Poetry in Thomas Mofolo’s Chaka: Exploring Genre and Function, Chris Swanepoel, Southern African Journal for Folklore Studies, Volume 29, Number 1, 2019
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