Paroles et traduction Vusi Mahlasela - Tonkana

Tonkana

Tšatši lehlabile
Efeela le re apeetše potsa ka ge re sa tsebe gore
Le re swaretše tše fe lehono
Mokgaetše ke ola o rwele nkgwana
O šetše a e tšwa nokeng
Bulelang kgomo
Tšeo tša tate di tšwe šakeng
Le badiši ba jwa ba senang pelo hlomogi?
Dibuleleng di fule bjang bjola bjo bo talana

Di tlo le thula ka dinaka mohlang di e tšwa šakeng
Di tlo le thula ka dinaka mohlang di e tšwa šakeng
Yonnanan yo nna
Ka gopola masetlapelo motsaneng wešo bana bešo
Ka gopola Tonkana modiši wa go botega
Modiši wa go tshepega
Lehono Tonkana o iketše badimong morwa mmane Mampuru
Sekwati
Yonnanan yo nna
Mošimane e se ka bohlale keagobotša
Lehono o ile,o ile Tonkana o iketše badimong

Tonkana o ile badimong
Tonkana o ile badimong
Yonnana yo nna ka gopola mašuana
Ka gopola masetlapelo motsaneng wešu bana bešu
Ka gopola ntwa marumo a hlabana diatla dimaroba
Re elwa le badišana tsoko khwiting ya noka lehlakaneng
Bare kgomo go nwa tša bomang pele meetse
Aow mošimanyane a di reta
Tša kwa melodi le direto tša gatlampela
Ya ba tša pele gonwa meetse le ge go ka ba bjang
Ka gopola mehla yela re iphsina ka hlago sekgweng
Anthuta melodi ya dinonyana
Le go bala mehlala ya diphoofolo e le Makanyaneng

Di tlo le thula ka dinaka mohlang di e tšwa šakeng
Di tlo le thula ka dinaka mohlang di e tšwa šakeng

Tonkana

The sun has risen
I woke up and we ask for rain because we don't know
What you promised us today
A prince came wearing a cap
He came out of the river
Untie the cow
Your father's flocks will come out of the kraal
And the lazy herdsmen who have no cattle?
Let's untie those beautiful black ones

They will leave you in peace when they come out of the kraal
They will leave you in peace when they come out of the kraal
Yonnanan for me
I remember the prayers in the village where we were children
I remember Tonkana the shepherd of integrity
The shepherd of honesty
Today Tonkana has dedicated himself to the ancestors, son of Mampuru
Sekwati
Yonnanan for me
My boy, it is not out of wisdom that I speak
Today he has gone, he has gone Tonkana has dedicated himself to the ancestors

Tonkana has gone to the ancestors
Tonkana has gone to the ancestors
Yonnana for me I remember the boys
I remember the prayers in the village where we were children
I remember the battle spears clashing hands in anger
We fought with our peers on the white sands of the river in the thicket
They asked whose cows should drink water first
Oh, young man, you praise them
Those with dripping udders and full stomachs
The ones who are first to drink water no matter what
I remember those days we used to cut each other with thorns in the bush
We learned the songs of birds
And to read the footprints of animals at Makanyaneng

They will leave you in peace when they come out of the kraal
They will leave you in peace when they come out of the kraal