Oh mta ka mama wam   [Oh, my mother's child]
Oh mfo wethu    [Oh, my dear brother]
Ndi ya ku khumbula mna   [I miss you]
La la, La la

Oh mta ka mama wam   [Oh, my mother's child]
Oh mfo wethu    [Oh, my dear brother]
Ndi ya ku khalela mna   [I cry for you]

Motswalle waka    [My dear friend]
Ngwana mme    [My mother's child]
Ndiyani khumbula   [I miss you]
La la kahle    [Farewell]
(Repeat)
 [bad word] 
We sangoma ngi velelwe   [Oh, spiritual healer, I'm troubled]
We baba ngivelelwe   [Oh, my father, I'm in pain]
We baba ngivelelwe   [Oh, my father, I'm in pain]
(Repeat)

Oh mta ka mama wam   [Oh, my mother's child]
Oh mfo wethu    [Oh, my dear brother]
Ndi ya ku khalela mna   [I cry for you]

Motswalle waka    [My dear friend]
Ngwana mme    [My mother's child]
Ndiyani khumbula   [I miss you]
La la kahle    [Farewell]
(Repeat)

(Repeat [bad word] to fade)