Slide2:
The crocodile is the invoker of the waters of rain
The black one of the pool
The black one of lying on the water slime
It is the crocodile of the pool
The biter I go about seeking for prey
Son of the father of pools to whom tribute is paid
Tribute to the lords of the rivers
To the lords of the rivers, the hippo and the crocodile
The great torrents of rain will come thundering down
It is the black crocodile of the pool
The crocodile that drags down a beast into the depths
It drags the beast into the dark depths
The crocodile has jammed the beast down in a fork
It has taken the beast into the dark depths The owners of the beast peer over and down into them
They open out the rushes and willows
They think they are looking right into the pool
It is the pool into which the beast has disappeared…
The crocodile stays down in the weeds with the beast
It is still down in the dark pool with it
It is the one that cannot be drowned of Mmamolemana
Crocodile that must not be poked with a reed, though
born in the reeds
Cruel one, killer whilst laughing,
The crocodile is the laughing teeth that kill
Sotho (Northern Transvaal)