Senyamo

1.  Senyamo

Senyamo se mang pina tsa banana,

Se binoa ke banana le bashanyana,

Mapatlelong a metse maputulo,

Ho likhare, maqai pelo lia uba,

Ba tsetselela ho tseba balekane.

Maqheku a bohile a tila faats’e,

Eka ba bona mehla ba e lebetse,

Ha ba ne ba thonya ea bona methepa,

Ba etsa tlama-thata moshoela ruri,

Kajeno ts’iu li ile maqhekoana.

Koma ba e bina ka hlooho bochaba,

Litlolo ba  li nehela malebela,

Chaba se hlokang moetlo sea fela,

Bomali-mabe ke ho lahla maseko,

Bokang tsa lona balimo ba thabe.

Banana ba heso matlola-lets’oana,

Le etseng menyakoe le thenthetse,

Le bapatse bocha ba lona le khabe,

Baholo le balimo ba tle ba thabe,

Tle le bone ha khotso e re atela.

Bashanyana joale se ba tla bolla,

E tla ba makoloane matlola-tsoku,

Lemo se oele ebe maphura-khoahla,

Sa bobeli se fele e le banna.

Tlhankana e ea raha morits’oana,

Batsoali ba thabe ba etse tlhophiso,

Ba il’o qela mohope sekha-metsi,

Molekane a phetheloe tsa moetlo.

Ke mang oa lona ea ratang tlamo,

Tlamo ea monoana ka sika la thole,

Lenyalo le boqaba la khothometso,

Ngoetsi ke ena e lehala kamona,

E nena tsa bohali khomo li tsoile.

Rona Basotho re batho ba senyamo,

Balekane ba thonyane ba tsebana,

Re se bakele bana mokhoka-khoale,

Ngoetsi e ts’aba monna o makopo.

Ka: Teboho Mohlabi