A brief variation of Kgoši Mmafeefee II's praise poem

Kgoši Mmafeefee II (far left)
Some, including kgoši himself, will spell it as Mmafefe II but I prefer to spell it the way my father pronounced it and the way Mmafeefee I (mong wa leina) would have pronounced it in a typical Mafefe way in his praise poem. Ka sepedi re re ke leina la marumo. His official adult name being Mogaramedi.

Ke Mmafeefee, ke Dimo, ke Maageletša a Melau maphema ditsetsengwa
Motho a rego go gata seloko se palege
Ba re megobe e šale e eme magakwa e šale e eme maphampha!

Ke Morwa-Makoti, ke Mogaramedi 'a dintwa!
Ke Dimo 'a Ngoato 'a Bauba 'a Dimo!
 Ke yena Noko ka sebele, re tle re re Noko šikiša dira le melapo, gobane mphago wa dira ke meetse!

Ke motho wa gabo Mampuru 'a lethebeswane Bauba!
Ke motho wa gabo Mampuru 'a noka e kgolo Tubatse!
Motho a rego a ke thebose ke theoša le melapo!
Ke motho wa gabo Thobejane 'a bo Thobela,
A rego ga gabo a ba tsebe sehlare sa pula,
Ba tseba tšhidi ya marumo feela!

Ke motho yo a bowago Mohlake mohlaka-marole
Mohloping wa mmasebutla sa Dimo seolo mathebo, wa naka-dira le magodu!
O bowa phooko le phookwana!
Re tle re re mabjemaramaga mabjemagolo ka mabedi nkego mae a tšhilwane!
Nna re Bahlako ba Raphogole a Ngoato!

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