Kgwele ya me e e khibidu.
Ibhola lami elibomvu.
Ibhola yam ebomvu.
My red ball.
Kgwele ya me e e kgolo, e e khibidu.
Ibhola lami elikhulu, elibomvu.
Ibhola yam enkulu, ebomvu.
My big red ball.
Ke raga kgwele ya me e e khibidu.
Ngikhahlela ibhola lami elibomvu.
Ndikhaba ibhola yam ebomvu.
I kick my red ball.
Ke raga kgwele ya me e e khibidu ka maatla!
Ngikhahlela ibhola lami elibomvu kakhulu!
Ndiyikhaba kakhulu ibhola yam ebomvu!
I kick my red ball hard!
Jaanong kgwele ya me e kae?
Liphi ibhola lami manje?
Iphi ibhola yam ngoku?
Where is my ball now?
Jaanong kgwele ya me e e khibidu e kae?
Liphi ibhola lami elibomvu manje?
Iphi ibhola yam ebomvu ngoku?
Where is my red ball
now?
E kwa godimo-dimo kwa lefaufaung.
Phezulu esibhakabhakeni.
Iphezulu kakhulu esibhakabhakeni.
It is high up in the sky.
E kwa godimo kwa lefaufaung, kwa 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!