Selelepoo: a praise poem

The 3 Selelepoos (Baubas)
Myself and my cousin (Selelepoo Thobejane) and the man after whom we are named (Selelepoo Sebaka)

Kgomo e ya tsha!

Ba re e gangwa ke mang?

E tla gangwa ke mang ge e sa gangwe ke nna Sellelepoo sehlwa se elwa le poo mahlabeng!
Ke poo e tšhupu ya mmala phatleng!
Ba rego o se e kganyoge bobotse ka šakeng ga e robale!
E robala le dinare lenareng; e re ge e tsoga e gašule bja go imelwa ke phoka!
Ba ntlhoile babini ba mantshegele dikgakgatha!
Bare Bauba o reng a retwa ke mathari rena re tlo retwa neng?
Ba re aah! naa ke mahlatse mang a bo Bauba nkego motho ke moloi?
Ba re kgarebe tša ga Poo ba itše ba e bona e fologa, ba re e reng ya swana le tša Magadimane?
Ba go e tseba ba re aowaowa! yela ke ya ba ga Mashegwana!
Ke ya ba ga Sebaka Sedumaedi!
Ke ya batho ba bjala bja go apeiwa ka monoto, le mokgwakgwatha, le modimomore gomme ba tšee peila ba peile!

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