Paroles et traduction Tsepo Tshola - Joala

Joala

U n'u noele bo joang joala, ha u tla siea ts'eea ts'imong?
U n'u noele bo joang joala, ha u tla siea ts'eea ts'imong?
U n'u noele, u n'u noele, ha u tla siea ts'eea ts'imong?
U n'u noele, u n'u noele, ha u tla siea ts'eea ts'imong?

'Masebelebechane o hlabile khomo
O entse mokete oa balimo
Raborikhoana o ts'ela a sa tsoa ts'ela
O bo khaputlela hampe feela
Re mmone a thatika ka lekorota
Ho fihlela a nyamela ka masimong
O khutla moo a ichapachapa
Athe ke sona sekipa se ntekane

Manoa-joala le hloka teboho
Ke reka joala, re noa kaofela
E re ke sala ke tloha, le sale le nts'eba
Le re re 'lo noa ntja ena
Khomo tsa 'bo li felle tameneng
Monongoaha ke reka ka soka ke lekanya maano
Basotho le manganga, le hana ho eletsoa
Ha le eletsoa le re lea lieloa
'Na ha ke liele kea pholosa
Ke re manoa-joala le noe hantle
Le hate hantle
Hoba ha le khets'emela le tla oela
Ha lebenkele monongoaha hona le tlhoare
Hona le noa ea metsi e ea sola
Khopong tsa eona le bone masapo
Bashanyana ba baleha, ba li siea lipoli
Sa lala se li robokela sebata
Ke phokojoe e [?], monongoaha e [?] ke ho khora
Mohlang e neng e qala ho etsa mohlolo
E ne e le selemo ka khoeli ea Phato
Bashanyana ba e bona liphuleng mona e laletse litali
[?] khanyapa e koatile ea kampong ea Mafeteng
E ntse e belaella ho falla

U n'u noele bo joang joala, ha u tla siea ts'eea ts'imong?
U n'u noele bo joang joala, ha u tla siea ts'eea ts'imong?
U n'u noele, u n'u noele, ha u tla siea ts'eea ts'imong?
U n'u noele, u n'u noele, ha u tla siea ts'eea ts'imong?
U n'u noele, u n'u noele, ha u tla siea ts'eea ts'imong?

Basotho hlabang likhomo le fepe balimo
Le tle le bone ha melimo e thaba
Le tle le bone ha li-tsoa-makhoeng tsena li tla li sebelitse
Ba rekile likhomo, ba reke le lipere
Mokone o reka likhomo a be a lirekisi
Le basali le bana ba eso li bone
Moo a lateletseng ho reka joala ba sekhooa
Bo bot'so bo bitsoang boranti...

Joala

You drink so much alcohol, will you leave a sheep in the field?
You drink so much alcohol, will you leave a sheep in the field?
You drink, you drink, will you leave a sheep in the field?
You drink, you drink, will you leave a sheep in the field?

Masebelebechane has slaughtered a cow
He did the ceremonies for the dead
Raborikhoana drank until he couldn't
He truly got plastered
We saw him stumble over the fence
Until he disappeared in the fields
He came back there drunk
And he is part of our team

You who love alcohol, you need to be grateful
When I buy alcohol, we all drink
When I'm about to leave, you all diss me
You said I should drink this dog
The cattle are all finished in the fields
I bought the meat by weighing it very carefully
Basotho and the witchdoctors, you refused to be advised
When you're advised you say you're being mocked
I'm not mocking you, I'm helping you
I tell you all who love alcohol, drink up
Get really drunk
If you don't get drunk, you'll collapse
The shop is empty
You're even drinking the dirty water
You can see the bones in the pot
Young boys are running away, leaving their friends
We have to pick them up
You are a bad [?], you are only good for shouting
The day you were born you did a miracle
It was the year and the month of August
Young boys saw you in the reeds
[] the light went out at Mafeteng camp
It's still wondering how to come back

You drink so much alcohol, will you leave a sheep in the field?
You drink so much alcohol, will you leave a sheep in the field?
You drink, you drink, will you leave a sheep in the field?
You drink, you drink, will you leave a sheep in the field?
You drink, you drink, will you leave a sheep in the field?

Basotho, sacrifice cattle and feed the spirits
You will come to see when the spirits get happy
You will come to see when they use these li-tsoa-makhoeng
They bought cattle, they buy horses
Mokone bought cattle and sold them again
His wife and children never saw them
Because he uses them to buy cheap alcohol
This drink called 'boranti'...