Mosali

36. U ts’abe Mosali

Mosali palesa ea hoetla,

Khaba le letle la ho ratoa,

Baka la monna la ho phela,

Phoka ea hoseng e noesetsang.

He! ha o ts’aba o ts’abe basali,

Tau tse mesana tsa ho jara thari,

Hase thari ke mathata a chaba sena,

Baa lala ka ‘mele ba ikhakanye.

Basali ke melingoana ea faats’e lena,

Mofihli o tlisoa a be a fihlele ho bona,

Le motsamai mofu a hlatsuoa ke basali,

Basali ba u bonts’a ts’imoloho le timelo.

Ntsoe la mosali ke phala,

Le o tsosa liphateng o feeloa,

Ke phehla ho monn’a lebelete,

E ke ho bina linong tsa leholimo.

Basali pelesa tse meja,

Tse masoto tse likhare hloohong,

Batho ba melala e thata mafumahali,

Naa ho e mong ea ka roalang nkho?

Ke mang ea ka roalang nkho,

A pepile le ngoan’a mahetleng,

Sek’hoama a se ts’oere ka letsoho,

A khaola thota ho batla liselo.

Ke monna ofe a kil’a holisa ngoana,

A fefa mantle a hlatsoa meqato,

Mosese oa mo theosa mokokotlo,

A nkha majolotsa holim’a mahetla?

Ke mang oa lona banna,

A kileng a hlobaela bosiu,

A ema ka mphi a koietsa,

A bina eu! Eu! Siu ba sa?

Ke mang ea kil’a mamella mahloko,

A likotlo, lipeto, le mahlapa,

A motho o mo rata,

Bosiu haa utloile mokankanyane?

Ha ho lelapa le hlokang mosali,

Hoba o ka le bona ka likho maballong,

Mehloa e ka nyoloha le mabota,

Lithole tsa etsa thotobolo ka ifo.

Sefole e ka ba sentele sa linta,

Tsuka la khohlopo la o bitsa o le mongako,

Tlala ea e-ba ea boja-likata,

Ts’ila le khopane tsa etsa su tsa machekoa.

Haeba monna ke hlooho bokarallana,

Ha bo eo bo phelang bo hloka mahetla,

Bo hloka matsoho ho phomosetsa,

Hleka matsoho ao ke mosali.

He! lona banna hlokomelang,

A lona a baluoe matsatsi a puso,

Le tla timelloa ke ona mabela,

Le tla ba lithupula le ts’abe bohale,

Mohla mosali a ka le hlokelang tlhompho.

Ka : Teboho Mohlabi