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Lebala la Bobedi

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Senkatana o dutse a le mong ka tlung. O iname, o shebile ka pele ho yena, o a nahana. Ha a bone leha Maswabi a kena. O tshohela hodimo ha a utlwa Maswabi a se a bua.

Maswabi: Kgotso, ntate!

Senkatana: Pee, athe ke wena, Maswabi? Ha ke a utlwa le ha o kena.

Maswabi: Ba ratang ho o bolaya ba tla o bolaya habonolo, ke ntse ke bona.

Senkatana: E tla be e le wa bona molato oo, e seng wa ka. Ke thabile ha e le mona o tlile. Matsatsing ana ha ke sa o bone, e ye e ke nka romela hore o tle. Ke lebala mathata a ka ha ke ena le wena.

Maswabi: Hobaneng ha o ena le nna?

Senkatana: Hobane wena o utlwisisa seo ke se buang ho feta batho ba bang.

Maswabi: Empa o a tseba hore ha ke dumellane le wena, morena!

Senkatana: Ke a tseba. Ke tseba le moo ditsela tsa rona di arohanang teng. Di arohana pheletsong ya ditaba. Ha nna ke hana ho otlwa ha batho ba etsa bokgopo, wena o batla ho finyella ho bona ka phafa.

Maswabi: Ke nnete. Morena, lefatshe le sehloho mme le baahi ba lona ba jwalo feela. Le batla ho buswa ka phafa ha batho ba tlola melao, ba o sitelwa, ho seng jwalo …

Senkatana: Wena o a be se o qadile hape. Ha ke batle hore re phehe kgang matsatsing ana. Ho na le motho ya tlang. Ekaba ke mang?

(Ho kena Bulane)

O, athe ke wena, wa moreneng?

Bulane:

(O shebeha e le motho ya kgathetseng, ya kgathatsehileng. Matjato a hae a mehleng ya pele a fedile):

Kgotso, ntate! Kgotso, Maswabi!

Senkatana: Kgotso, wa heso! O tla le dife?

Maswabi: Kgotso, Bulane. O sa phela?

Bulane: Ke sa le teng ka nnete.

(O a thalathala, a thetha sekgohlela a nto re)

Morena, ke tseba ditaba tse bohloko tse ileng tsa o hlahela. Ke mohau haholo ha e le moo di etsahetse. Ke lla le wena. Ke re o mpe o tshedisehe, hobane ke moo re yang teng kaofela; nna le wena, mang le mang; e ka ba kajeno, e ka ba hosasa.

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Senkatana , pp. 90 - 94
Publisher: Wits University Press
Print publication year: 1952

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