Song of Solomon 1
1 This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.
Ingoma yezingoma kaSolomoni.
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
Kangange ngezangiwo zomlomo wakhe ngoba uthando lwakho lumnandi kulewayini.
3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
Limnandi iphunga lamagcobo akho; ibizo lakho linjengamakha atheliweyo. Yikho izintombi zikuthanda kangaka!
4 Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
Ngithatha uhambe lami, kasiphangise! Inkosi kayingingenise endlini yayo. Abangane Siyathokoza njalo siyajabula ngawe; sizalubabaza uthando lwakho okudlula iwayini. Umlobokazi Kabazenzi ukuba bakuthande!
5 I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Ngimnyama kodwa ngiyabukeka, lina madodakazi aseJerusalema ngimnyama okwamathente aseKhedari, okwamakhetheni amathente kaSolomoni.
6 Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
Linganginyonkolozi ngoba ngimnyama, ngimnyama ngenxa yokutshiswa lilanga. Abanewethu bangizondela bangenza umlindi wesivini; angabe ngisanaka esami isivini.
7 Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
Akungitshele, wena engikuthandayo, uyelusela ngaphi imihlambi yezimvu zakho lokuthi ziphumula ngaphi izimvu zakho emini? Kungani ngisiba njengomfazi ombozileyo eceleni kwemihlambi yabangane bakho na?
8 If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
Nxa ungazi, wena omuhle okudlula bonke abesifazane, landela umkhondo wezimvu udlisele amazinyane embuzi zakho eduze lamathente abelusi.
9 I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
Sithandwa sami, ngikufanisa lebhiza elisikazi elibotshwe enqoleni kaFaro.
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
Izihlathi zakho zinhle ngokuceciswa, intamo yakho ngobuhlalu obucazimulayo.
11 We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
Sizakwenzela amacici egolide, ebalazwe ngesiliva.
12 While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
Khonapho inkosi isetafuleni amakha ami enadi alanquza iphunga lawo elimnandi.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengemfuko yemure ithe khoxo phakathi kwamabele ami.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengelixha lempoko zehena eliphuma esivinini se-Eni-Gedi.
15 How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
Bakithi, umuhle njani sithandwa sami! Ngeqiniso umuhle! Amehlo akho angamajuba.
16 How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
Umuhle ngempela, sithandwa sami! Bakithi, uyabukeka! Umbheda wethu butshani obuluhlaza tshoko.
17 The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
Izinsika zendlu yethu ngezomsedari lezintungo ngezefire.
