101	Muvhali ndi basha--: Muvhali is like the poles of a thatched roof:
102	sa fheli u . (There are so many that) you will never finish pulling them out.
103	Munna ha fheli in yambwa. He was a man about whom you could never speak too much.

The late Nemukula composed these lines in honour of his father, who was also a master of domba.

104	Ipfi () nga musevhe: My voice is like a barbed arrow (it is clear and can be heard by all):
105	Ndi a fa nga thavhani. I am dying of hunger at the ruler's home.
106	Mukosi wanga nda musevhe. My long yell is a barbed arrow.
107	Ndi a fa nga na . I am dying of hunger and thirst.
107a	ndi a fa, ndi a lovha. I am dying, I am really dying.
108	Ndi a fa, hu sale vhavhuya! I am dying: may good people stay behind!

Line 104 is both a literal piece of self-praise and a metaphorical allusion to the fact that a master sings for his supper: he hunts meat with his voice, and he complains that his employer is not rewarding him well.

109	Ndi a kuma ndi nga mbongola. I sing loud (lit. bray) like a donkey.
109a	a kuma nga mbongola. My voice brays like a donkey.
110	Ndi ndi lila ; I am a vulture crying for meat;
110a	Ndi phunguhwe ndi ; I am a jackal (Thos mesomelas) looking for meat;
111	Ndi humbela marambo a ndau, I ask (only) for the bones from a lion.
112	Nngwe, vhulaha ri u ! Kill, leopard, that we may share your food!
113	vhakoma vha a . We are sharing the meat of other rulers.

Lines 110-113 are formal requests for meat from the ruler, who in line 111 is symbolized the lion.

114	(Vha musanda) ndi tshi imba vha mphe'ni? What will the chief give me when I sing?
115	Vha ri fha tshilamba-phele, He will give us tripe,
116	Tshipuka tsha matshimba mavhi. The small animal with bad excrement.

Tshilamba-phele = the omasum or third stomach of ruminants, so called because the hyena (phele) will not eat it. This line occurs in the children's song, "The little frog of Musingadi" (Blacking 1967b:38 [line 7] and 40 [note 3]).