293	Phunguhwe yo lila Muledzhi, The jackal cried at Moletsi (near Pietersburg),
294	ha a fhalala. And Matlala's country was desolate.

In M.M.Motenda's account of the Western Venda, these lines are preceded by Matangwa ndi mintshinya-shango (Matangwa dances are the ruin of the country), and they refer to an event during the reign of Makhado (van Warmelo 1940:57 and 162).

295	Mamburu, vulani , Open the way, Mamburu,
296	Hu a dzhena tshihu ! And let Rangwedzi come in as chief!
297	Ene ndi , He is the one who fights by day,
298	khulu ya Mundalamo, A great friend of Mundalamo,
299	Ya mulila-vhathu. Of Mukhada the lover of people.
300	ndi Nyatshiemula, Mukhada is one who desires,
301	Tshiemula ya vhathu. Who desires other men's wives (lit. the homesteads of people).

This may refer to Mamburu, who was ousted as chief from Mukula.

302	Tshikashule tsha ha The pool at Manenzhe
303	Tshi sa nga mvula u na: Is not filled by an ordinary shower of rain:
304	Tshi nga mavhilivhili. It fills only after very heavy rain.
305	Phopha- ndi ha ; At Manenzhe there is water that drips down;
306	murema na vhana: Manenzhe and his children are black:
307	Ni vhone nga swiswi mvula. You can see they are as black as a rain-cloud.
308	Mukuyu ndi , Mukuyu belongs to Nekalange,
309	Kalange -nga-: Kalange who eats with the Niya:
310	0 guma nga musetshe-Vhembe. He went no further than the sands of the Limpopo
311	Thanga ntswu ya The black pips of water-melons
312	Ndi murema na vhana: Are like black Manenzhe and his children:
313	Tshivhala o vhea . Tshivhala installed Nethanda (Manenzhe's child).
314	muri wa bonze: Manenzhe is like a great tree with many branches:
315	Muina wo dzhena tshivhanda. The snake has gone into the small hole.

Manenzhe is in the dry country between the Limpopo River and the mountains of Vendaland, where the inhabitants are known as the Niya. Mukuyu is a hill on the west bank of the Hwanedi, a tributary of the Limpopo.