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Dipoko tsa merafe ya BaTswana

BaTswana ba arogane ka merafe kana letso: Bahurutshe, Bakaa, Bakgatla, Bakwena, Bamalete, Bangwaketse, Bangwato, Barolong (Seleka le Tshidi), Batawana, Batlhaping, Batlharo, Batlokwa. 

BaTswana ba teng kwa dinageng di tshwana le Aforika Borwa, Botswana, Namibia le Zimbabwe

White Sands
Image by Laura Seaman

Leboko La Bahurutshe

Ba ga Mmamokgatiti wa lewa
Tshwene ke naiwa mmele
Makopong ke naiwe
Ke sirelediwa ke seriba

Tshwene fa di ya masimo
Go eta tshwenegadi pele
Rotwe a sale kwa morago
A sale a di retolola

Ke ne ke fudile, ka tlatsa
Ka kgopiwa, ka relela, ka wa
Papalo tsa ya le maritse
Matlapa’ etsho a borethe

Beautiful Nature

Leboko La Barolong

Namane tsa tholo, Barolong
Di jang mogopo di o lala
Ba ga mogogoro wa leso
Ba ga gogomela
Ba ga Morara 'a Noto Barolong

Ke ntse ke sa lebale ba kwa Mahikeng
Ba ga bo Kebalepile ka ba gana go utlwa
Tseo ke namane tsa Tholo, ga di nke di lela
Ka sa tsona di ja mokgoro di o robala
Batho ba ba Goma ba ga Gogomela
Ba ga Morara 'a Noto Barolong

Image by jamie muller
White Sands
Image by Dušan veverkolog

Leboko La Bakwena

Dikolobe tsa ga Mheta a Mogale
Tse di tlhabang ntšwa di hulere
Ijane jwa ga kwetla, selemo bo jang
A bo bo tla ja theko ja rumo ja bone!
Maganana, mankga nama
Mankga nama di mafura
Tshoswane tsa go loma botlhoko lesonya

Tse di lomileng Kabane a kakabala
Motlhakola o montsho
Wa ga Mmaseadingwana sa marumo
Makgakga a mantsho
A Mmaseote sa naga
Ba ba suleng ba se na molai
Ba bile ba se na tsebe ya go utlwa
Ke batho ba ga sebolaya kgosi

Beautiful Nature

Leboko La Bangwato

Kwa Serowe ka kwa Phalatšwe,
Rraboijane le Mosamo ba a itsiwe,
Ka ba bokile dikgosi tsa Baphoting,
Ba bokile banna boKgama le Kgamane.
Ba bokile banna bo, Tshekedi, Maletamotse,

Ba boka Rrasebolai, ntšwa-ya-go-latlhwa.
Bao ke ba ga Mmangwato ba ga Mabiletsa,
Kana ba kile ba biletsa Sekgoma ntwa,
O rile ka a se boi ngwana wa ga Kgama,
E rile bo o sa a e ba biletsa.

Image by Hans Veth
White Sands
Image by MAKM PHOTOGRAPHY

Leboko La Bakgatla

Sedibelo molelo se a shwa se a tshologa
Se re se e shwa metse e a falala
Metse e bile ya tshaba diputlela
Morula o kgoti kgolo, Bakgatla
Bana ba sefatana sa Moruleng
Barwa ntswa e jele ntswana ya yone
Dithata tsa ga Molefi a Masilo
Tse di jeleng mokgoro dia o lala.

Ke Pilane a Malosa,
Yo o lositseng maburu le Bakgatla,
Ngwale mogolo wa bo Phekwe,
Tau makunyakunya a ga bo bo Phalaphala,
Phologa kwa mariteng a ditshwene,
Gatwe e ne e kunya e itlhaganelela go aba.

Beautiful Nature

Leboko La Baphiring

Diphiri tsa gaabo Kgwaile,
Kgwaile wa gaabo Lekatana,
Lekatana wa gaabo Ntsie,
Ntsie wa gaabo Phetlhe,
Dinamane tsa gaabo tlhare sa Mokwena.

Mma ke lo bolelele, ba a lo tlakoba,
Kana ga ba le tlakobe fela,
Ba le tlakoba ba itse le se bonngagalane.
Le se bonngagalane le le bankge!
Lefa tota le bo lebile,
Le bo lebile jaaka phiri e gadimile lerapo.

Se itshieng mebele Mokatana,
Kana ke lona Madimako,
Mmu wa Bakwena lo o gateng setlou!
E re lo araba Bakwena le re: "Mmou! Mmou!"

Image by Alan J. Hendry
White Sands
Image by Glen Carrie

Leboko La Bamalete

Matebele a mantsho a ga masodi a Mphela
A ga selala le namane letlhakoleng
Di robaroba matlhakola
Di a robarobile fela di sa tla go a lala
Di tsoga di gopola letlhakola lengwe

Di tlhaolela nageng
Namane tse di dinaka di diobe
E re fa a re 'gou' di bo di re 'goo', Kgodumo!
O e tshabele mogotlhong
More wa nare ga o lebalebelwe
Mmitlwa ga o tshwane le lenaka, o tla tlhomolwa

Mogatsa mmolaya nare o ja a batla seantlo e sale gale
Kgodumo e maboo mabe, go boa e a gabalala
Barwa pataolo tsa mere
Barwa motlhana o tlhokile motsei
O jelwe ke magakabe le manong
Barwa kgodumo ya leselesele

Beautiful Nature

Leboko La Batlôkwa

Ke mafifitswana a go rekwa ka kgomo

Mafeta kgomo a je motho

Ba ga Mmanakana-a-Mosima

Ba ga Mmanakana-di-ganong

Ba ga mosi mmolaya moapei

Moapeelwana a sale a lela

Ba ga Nkwenyana-a-Nkwe o apereng?

Nkwe ke apere tau

Image by Nareeta Martin
White Sands
Image by Dušan veverkolog

Leboko La Bangwaketse

Ba ga mokgalo o thebe
Ba ga mmila go bobela
Ba ga setlhong ga se huparelwe
Ba ga heyana-heya

Ba ga pheshana ya moswagadi
E tshwarwa ke sokwe le phela
Ba ga matshaba le kgomo
Matlogela temo e le sefolela
Lo tshaba le kgomo lo gopotse kae?

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