Lyrics and translation Judith Sephuma - Maropeng

Maropeng

Ke rile ke le botša kgale,
Go re monate oka se fele naase,
Empa gae gona a re yeng,
Gae ga bomma le papa.
Re ka se fetše tša lefase,
Gae go a godiša,
Le ditlogolo a di yeng gae,
Tšo dula le bokoko.

Re se ke ra lebala gae,
Thabeng tša Moletši Ga-Mmamabolo,
Re fšiele lebala la bomma,
Bašimane ba diše dikgomo.
Sesotho se re maropeng gwa boelwa,
A re yeng ro dula le bakgekolo,
Re nweng tša bophelo re tšeeng maatla,
Re tsebe go phela.

Ba ile ba sepetše,
Ba rwaletši ba sepetše,
Ba nyameletši ba sepetše,
Ba šiilwe ke lefase.
Ba lebetši ka batswadi,
Ba lebetši ka legae,
Ba ile ba sepetše,
Ba šiilwe ke lefase.
Ba ile ba sepetše,
Ba rwaletši ba sepetše,
Ba nyameletši ba sepetše,
Ba šiilwe ke lefase.

Re se ke ra lebala gae,
Thabeng tša Moletši Ga-Mmamabolo,
Re fšiele lebala la bomma,
Bašimane ba diše dikgomo.
Sesotho se re maropeng gwa boelwa,
A re yeng ro dula le bakgekolo,
Re nweng tša bophelo re tšeeng maatla,
Re tsebe go phela.

Re se ke ra lebala gae,
Thabeng tša Moletši Ga-Mmamabolo,
Re fšiele lebala la bomma,
Bašimane ba diše dikgomo.
Sesotho se re maropeng gwa boelwa,
A re yeng ro dula le bakgekolo,
Re nweng tša bophelo re tšeeng maatla,
Re tsebe go phela.

Re nweng tša bophelo re tšeeng maatla,
Re tsebe go phela.
Re nweng tša bophelo re tšeeng maatla,
Re tsebe go phela.
Re nweng tša bophelo re tšeeng maatla,
Re tsebe go phela.

Maropeng

My darling, I implore you to remember,
For true happiness is never far,
Let us journey back home,
To the land of our ancestors.
We cannot abandon our roots,
Where our hearts find solace,
Our elders await our return,
To embrace us in their loving arms.

Let us not forget our homeland,
In the Moletši Mountains of Ga-Mmamabolo,
Where our ancestors' spirits reside,
And the cattle graze peacefully.
As the Sesotho proverb says, "Maropeng gwa boelwa,"
Let us return to the embrace of our ancestors,
Drink from the wellspring of life, and find strength,
That we may live in harmony with our past.

They have wandered far,
Carrying burdens too heavy to bear,
They have lost their way,
Abandoned by the world.
They have forgotten their parents,
They have forgotten their home,
They have wandered far,
Abandoned by the world.
They have wandered far,
Carrying burdens too heavy to bear,
They have lost their way,
Abandoned by the world.

Let us not forget our homeland,
In the Moletši Mountains of Ga-Mmamabolo,
Where our ancestors' spirits reside,
And the cattle graze peacefully.
As the Sesotho proverb says, "Maropeng gwa boelwa,"
Let us return to the embrace of our ancestors,
Drink from the wellspring of life, and find strength,
That we may live in harmony with our past.

Let us not forget our homeland,
In the Moletši Mountains of Ga-Mmamabolo,
Where our ancestors' spirits reside,
And the cattle graze peacefully.
As the Sesotho proverb says, "Maropeng gwa boelwa,"
Let us return to the embrace of our ancestors,
Drink from the wellspring of life, and find strength,
That we may live in harmony with our past.

Drink from the wellspring of life, and find strength,
That we may live in harmony with our past.
Drink from the wellspring of life, and find strength,
That we may live in harmony with our past.
Drink from the wellspring of life, and find strength,
That we may live in harmony with our past.