Текст и перевод песни Amadodana Ase Wesile - Ao! Modimo

Ao! Modimo

Ao! Modimo o' tletseng tshwaro,
Ke tsile go go rapela;
Mme ke simolola ka go re,
Thapelo ga ke e itse;
Ao! Morena wa me, O nthute
Go go rapela ka nnete.

Go fithela motlha wa jana
Ke atisitse go baya
Merapelo e' senang sepe,
Ya molomo, le ya mokgwa;
Ao! Morena wa me, O nthute
Go go rapela ka nnete.

Ke simolotse go rapela
Ka sebaka se 'telele;
Mme merapelo ya me jana
E mentsintsi fa e balwa;
Ao! Morena wa me, O nthute
Go go rapela ka nnete.

Mme pelo ya me ea tlhomoga,
Fa ke sa le yo mmotlana,
Yo' se kang Wa fitlhela sepe
Merapelong yotlhe ya me;
Ao! Morena wa me, O nthute
Go go rapela ka nnete.
Amen

Oh! God Almighty

Oh! God who is full of power,
I have come to pray to You;
And I start by telling You,
I don't know how to pray;
Oh! My Lord, teach me
To pray truly.

Up until yesterday
I used to offer
Prayers that are nothing,
Of the lips and of the way;
Oh! My Lord, teach me
To pray truly.

I started praying
For a long time;
And my prayers now
Are many when counted;
Oh! My Lord, teach me
To pray truly.

And my heart grieves,
While I am still young,
Not to have found anything
In all my prayers;
Oh! My Lord, teach me
To pray truly.
Amen