Mofikela le tala the north sephinya doth phanya
Thata in moso phakela,
Gotlhe the lentswe are covered with kapoko,
Le winters jaanong tla ka selekanyo.

Tla go fensetere,
My nnana, with me,
Le look fa the stars
That sedifatsa on the sea!
There are pedi  little stars
That motshameko bo-peep
With pedi little tlhapi
kgakala down in the boteng;
Le pedi  little frogs
Lela  "Neap, neap, neap;"
Ke see a dear nnana
That should nna robetse.

Cobbler, cobbler, baakanya my shoe.
Bona ke  fetsa by sephatlo go fetile pedi.
sephatlo go fetile pedi  nna  much too late!
Bona ke fetsa  by sephatlo go fetile robedi.

Katse came fiddling tswa kwa a barn,
With a sebedi of bagpipes under her letsogo.
She kgona  sing nothing but fiddle dee dee,
The peba has married the bumble notshe.
Phaepe, katse; bina, peba;
We'll have a wedding at our molemo ntlo.

 

Tshipi pitse, tshipi pitse,
What nako of letsatsi?
Ngwe o'clock, pedi o'clock,
Nako go tsamaya.

Nonyane of a lofofa flock together,
Le so will kolobe le swine;
Peba le mice will have their boitshenkelo,
Le so will I have morafo.