Komello

7.   Komello

Nako ea selemo ea fihla,

E mona e mahlonoko e thata,

Ea lesokoana ea melutsoane.

Baholo ba lebella khoeli ho qhala pula,

Mehoma ea lula e leolitsoe,

Pholo tsa joko tsa latoa motebong.

Basali ba pheha thoko ea khale,

Ba ritela motamo ba e-ja peo,

Tlala ea e-ba ea bo-ja-likata.

Mangole a pulufala ke ho rapela,

Bo-nkhekhe ba cheka metloang e sobane,

Thapeli ke ea ho rapella pula.

Maliba ho pshele le a matalana,

Koetsa e fetohile lelume ka nokeng,

E se e bile ele seqhobo hae la lipela.

Boliba ke lekhulo kajeno nokeng,

Poli ea ‘eso e lehala khalanyane,

Ea e-ja bolele eka e ja mohloa.

Mehoma ea khaoha mefeng masimong,

Roele la qoba holim’a lithota,

Khomo li ja metloang khulo ha le eo.

Hlapi tsa na tsa sesa qanthaneng,

Nketjoana aba a felloa  ke makoko,

Tsokotsane tsa tsoha khanyapa tsa falla.

Sehoai hlooho se e thulamisitse,

Mahetla a oele ke mokhathala ho hlobaela,

Mahlo a masesaane ke ho hlahloba melatsitsi.

E kaba e tla na neng pula?

Ebe Motjatji o tla nts’a neng meropa,

A ke a e tilinye maru a nyolle kiriats’oana?

Ka Teboho Mohlabi