THE BRAG/PSALM OF NETJASIKE[ALSO KNOWN AS TJILISAMULU/CHIRISAMHURU]
"Ndimi Nichasike waka sika(create) zhou nethema (Rhino)
Phulu ya nsikanyika (createor of the Earth)
Phulu yebufuko (the calf that escapes from the corral)
Isingabakighwe ngemapango anofusiwa ngelughonye (worm)
ghukabola, ghukakolomoka
Phulu yebufuko
Inobakighwa ngeluswingo ghwemabgwe
ghusingafusiwe ngelughonye
ghusingamunyiwe ngentjenje nangelughonye
Ndakakunda
Ndakabaka
Ndayibambula nyika
Ndakunda, ndabe Mambo (King)
Ngobe ndabaka
Ndayi bambula nyika ya Tjibundule
Ndimi ndabe Mambo
Ngekuti ndabaka,
Ndayi bambula nyika
Ndayilaula
Ndabaka
Ndahombela(reinforce)
Tjowoja nkoma tja handi poni?"
It’s me Netjasike, he who created the black rhino
I am the calf of the Creator of the earth
The calf that always has a tendency of escaping from its pen
Can never be contained by a wooden pen
Because it will be eaten by termites and rot and fall down!
A calf known for its notoriety of escaping from its pen
It can only be contained within walls of stone
Which will never be eaten by termites
And it will not be collapsed by termites
I won and, after that, I built
I have recreated this country
Because I am now the King
That’s why I had to rebuild and renew
This country that belongs to Tjibundule!
I am now the King
For I am the one who built and renewed this country
I talked about it, and now I have done it, I have built it
And perfected it into something strong
Reinforcing its being
Everything else that you see came after me and through me!
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