A Sotho poem from Lesotho, in praise of the crocodile.
The crocodile is the invoker of the rain waters,
The black one of the pool…
Hyena
A hunters’ poem from Lesotho. Throughout this poem, the description shifts to the first person singular to give the hyena’s own words.
The hyena is the greedy one among the wild beasts,
The one that drops a bone is a small one.
