Kgwele ya ka ye hubedu, ye kgolo.
Ibhola lami elikhulu, elibomvu.
Ibhola yam enkulu, ebomvu.
My big red ball.
Ke raga kgwele ya ka ye hubedu.
Ngikhahlela ibhola lami elibomvu.
Ndikhaba ibhola yam ebomvu.
I kick my red ball.
Ke raga kgwele ya ka ye hubedu ka maatla!
Ngikhahlela ibhola lami elibomvu kakhulu!
Ndiyikhaba kakhulu ibhola yam ebomvu!
I kick my red ball hard!
Kgwele ya ka e kae bjale?
Liphi ibhola lami manje?
Iphi ibhola yam ngoku?
Where is my ball now?
Kgwele ya ka ye hubedu e kae bjale?
Liphi ibhola lami elibomvu manje?
Iphi ibhola yam ebomvu ngoku?
Where is my red ball
now?
E kua godimodimo lefaufaung.
Phezulu esibhakabhakeni.
Iphezulu kakhulu esibhakabhakeni.
It is high up in the sky.
E kua godimodimo lefaufaung, ka godimo ga ngwedi. E ile!
Ngabe lidlule inyanga? Ngubani owaziyo?
Iphezulu kakhulu esibhakabhakeni, ngaphaya kwenyanga. Imkile!
It is high up in the sky.
It is over the moon.
It is gone!