By Mbizo CHIRASHA, World BEYOND War, July 9, 2020
LITLHOKO TSA BOTLHOKO
Liemahale tsa noka e matla ea noka, noka
Sokoto e phallang mahe a linoko tsa topollo, e tsubang monate oa mashome a lilemo
Ea kotulo ea tokoloho
Taraba lekuku e phallang ka linako tsa selemo tse latellanang
Mariha ke meokho le lehlabula maling
Maqhubu a tokoloho a bina tokoloho
Tokoloho ea batho, batho le pina ea bona
Mofuta o mong oa morethetho, morethetho oa makhopho a drumbeat
Tsaunin mainono, veins tsa tsaunin Kure, thabisang pelo ea tsaunin ukuru
Lerumo le otlang ka tlasa maoto a bo-mme le ba bana ba bilikang lefats'e lena le entsoe ka oli le tšepo.
Dimples tsa tokoloho
Le lekana le meloko e kang baobab
Bohlokoa ba metse le tlholeho ea merabe
Matjhaba a bina a kopantseng meropa ea khoeli ea silevera
Ho bina pina e le 'ngoe, ka leleme le le leng, ho bina bo-mama boki, tsoha likhaitseli tsa Mbumbe
Bina lipina tsa bachere, tantseng motjeko oa gavako
Dimples tsa tokoloho
U tsofala le meloko e joalo ka lifate tsa banana
Marena a naha ena, kea u bina
Pina ea ka ea masapo, meriti, majoe, moholi le mosi
Dimples tsa tokoloho
Ke bina ka marena ao letlalo la hae le khanyang kamora khase ea botoro ea coco
Phefumoloho ea bona e nkha lebese la coconut
Ke bina ka modibo oa gombe, obong of obioko, olu oa Ntoa
Ke u binela ka baban lamido, oa Lagos
Maqhubu a tokoloho a bososela le olo tsa olowo
Dimples tsa tokoloho
Ho nkha lilemo tse mashome tsa leseli le monko
Ho mamella mashome a lilemo bosiu le tšepo
Ho robala lilemong tse mashome tsa bosiu le litoro
Meroallo e ntse e tsoela pele, 'me e fana ka tokoloho
Mala a hao a hlatsa letsatsi la topollo, tokoloho
Seo likoena le lihahabi li ima ka letsatsi la topollo le
Khoeli ea tokoloho
Dimples tsa tokoloho
Holim'a tsaununin kuki, tasunin shamaimba, maeba le makhoaba a hohola
Ho kokobetsa lefifi la bosiu le bosoha ba hoseng
Maqhubu a tokoloho a bososela lithabeng tsa naha ena
Ona ke litholoana tsa morara tsa ka tsa thothokiso ho ea naheng e jeleng lijo tsa hoseng
Omelette ea ho hlonama le beetroot ea monate
Dimples tsa tokoloho
Ena ke lehapu la ka le monate la metaki ho ea naheng eo pelo ea eona e leng
Velvet le eo moea oa hae e leng thollo ea koro
Liketane tsa tokoloho li bina le nna, pina ea tokoloho,
Bina Bello, bina azikiwe, bina awolowo, mme o bine shehu
Pina ea batho, batho le pina ea bona.
