Friday, January 20, 2012

Ke kgarebe ya Mapulaneng(with English translation)

Ke kgarebe ya Mapulaneng
Ba go tlala bare ke ying so sone naa?
Ke tshware ke stress
Ba tho ba modimo...a le tjibi Mapulana
Ka ba ka dula fase
Ka gore story se, ke se se telele
Ke morwediya wa Mashile
Mashile a gatisha, minna tau
Mashile wa di thaba tja Graskop
Kgoshi Maripi(pe) Mashile
Mogatja wa Mogoladikwe, Magabolle le Maseroto
Ba ga gesho ke Mashego, Chiloane le Malele
Ba yagishane ke Mogane, Nonyane, Mokoena...Mapulana kamoka
Gaye re ya lema mashemo
Bashemanyana ba gapa dikgomo
Le komeng re ya ya ka marega
Re bolabola sona se-pulana
E, se nyakiye go tshwana le Sepedi
Mara hayi sepedi...botsisa Mapedi ba tlo go botseng
Batho ba gesho ba dula Mapulaneng (Bushbuckridge)
Kgoshi lenyaga ke Mashego
Ba ata ba ya le Mashishing
Le kgono ke re o ba kereya Petori, Tembisa joh gape ba sepela maan
Rune re ja nama...ka bushwa
Re apega dithlako tsa dinawa le dimaka
Re gasha mabele, marope, dithoke, mangoze, makotapeni, moba, eyi ditlele
Re dumedisa re-re Tamaneng, Age Lekaye Naa
Ra ba ra layela ka Sepulana re re Salaneng ga botjie

Translation

I am the daugher of Mapulaneng
Many ask what that is
I get stressed
For goodness sake...you dont now Mapulana?
I sit down
For this story is long
I am Mashile's daughter
Mashile a gatisha, minna Tau
Mashile from the Graskop mountains
King Maripi(pe) Mashile
Husband to Mogoladikwe, Magabolle and Maseroto
Our tribe includes Mashego, Chiloane and Malele
Our neighbours include Mogane, Nonyane, Mokoena...all the Mapulana
We are farmers
Boys are herders
We attend initiation school in winter
We speak Sepulana
Yes its almost like Sepedi
But it is not...ask the Pedi's they will tell you *laughs*
My people live in Mapulaneng (Bushbuckridge)
Our king is Mashego
You find us in Lydenburg too
Today you find them in Pretoria, Tembisa...
We eat meat...and pap
We cook samp with beans and peanuts
We plant mealies, african potato, wild spinach, mangoes, avocados. sugarcane and more
We greet with Tamaneng, Age Lekaye Naa
And leave with Salaneng ga botjie

*Please note translation may be incorrect; Sepulana is not documented hence has no right way of writing it.  This is also the most loose and current version of it*

Ta,
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