Ga re batle moetapele,
Re batla moeteledipele.
Mathulathulane ga re mo gopole,
Mme tota re ka ikgogela go e tshotšwa.

Go noetsa mokaulengwe ga go monate,
Mme go botoka o ka mo tshedisa noka.
Mo tseye fela jaaka sefofu;
A ka kgopiwa, mo otlolele seatla sa botsalano.

Matlho a rona a gogela thoteng re a lebile,
Re a tlhaba bothale, a suhula melomo;
A re ene molao o o ithutile a le esi,
Go le thata kwa didibeng,

Morogo rona re nnetse go kgetla wa thepe.
Batho ga re lekane re se meno,
Ntswa ka maemo re ka lekana,
Mme kana moennyana o pele...

Moeteledipele re sa mo tlhoka,
Re tlhoka mongwe a ka tla ka matute a pudulogo,
Mme a tshwana le magosi a tlotlwa,
E se re re kgopiwa a gadima gosele.

Motho ke phologolo e tsentse tlhogo morokolong,
Ka go butswa, e tla nna gale
Re batla go tshwana le motshitshi, ra ke ra ipopa,
Mme ra tsena tseleng ya tlhabologo ka maitemogelo.