Song of Solomon 1
1 The Song of Songs, that [is] Solomon's.
Ingoma yezingoma engekaSolomoni.
2 Let him kiss me with kisses of his mouth, For better [are] thy loves than wine.
Kangange ngokwanga komlomo wakhe; ngoba uthando lwakho lungcono kulewayini.
3 For fragrance [are] thy perfumes good. Perfume emptied out — thy name, Therefore have virgins loved thee!
Ngenxa yephunga lamagcobo akho amnandi, ibizo lakho linjengamagcobo athululiweyo; ngakho-ke izintombi ziyakuthanda.
4 Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!
Ngidonsa, sizagijima emva kwakho; inkosi ingingenise emakamelweni ayo; sizajabula sithokoze kuwe, sikhumbule uthando lwakho okwedlula iwayini; abaqondileyo bayakuthanda.
5 Dark [am] I, and comely, daughters of Jerusalem, As tents of Kedar, as curtains of Solomon.
Ngimnyama, kodwa ngimuhle, madodakazi eJerusalema, njengamathente eKedari, njengamakhetheni kaSolomoni.
6 Fear me not, because I [am] very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard — my own — I have not kept.
Lingangibukeli ngoba ngimnyama, ngoba ilanga lingitshisile. Abantwana bakamama bangizondela, bangenza umlindikazi wezivini; isivini sami esingesami kangisilindanga.
7 Declare to me, thou whom my soul hath loved, Where thou delightest, Where thou liest down at noon, For why am I as one veiled, By the ranks of thy companions?
Ngitshela, wena umphefumulo wami okuthandayo, ukuthi welusela ngaphi, uphumuza ngaphi umhlambi emini; ngoba kungani ngizakuba njengozulayo ngasemihlanjini yabangane bakho?
8 If thou knowest not, O fair among women, Get thee forth by the traces of the flock, And feed thy kids by the shepherds' dwellings!
Uba ungazi, wena omuhle kakhulu phakathi kwabesifazana, phuma wena ngezinyathelo zomhlambi, welusele amazinyane akho phansi kwamadumba abelusi.
9 To my joyous one in chariots of Pharaoh, I have compared thee, my friend,
Ngikufananise lebhizakazi ezinqoleni zikaFaro, mthandwa wami.
10 Comely have been thy cheeks with garlands, Thy neck with chains.
Izihlathi zakho zinhle phakathi kwemiceciso, intamo yakho ngezigqizo.
11 Garlands of gold we do make for thee, With studs of silver!
Sizakwenzela imiceciso yegolide lamaqhubu esiliva.
12 While the king [is] in his circle, My spikenard hath given its fragrance.
Inkosi isesetafuleni layo ledili inadi yami yakhupha iphunga layo.
13 A bundle of myrrh [is] my beloved to me, Between my breasts it lodgeth.
Isithandwa sami kimi siyisamba semure; sizalala phakathi kwamabele ami ebusuku.
14 A cluster of cypress [is] my beloved to me, In the vineyards of En-Gedi!
Isithandwa sami kimi silihlukuzo lesihlahla sehena ezivinini zeEngedi.
15 Lo, thou [art] fair, my friend, Lo, thou [art] fair, thine eyes [are] doves!
Khangela, umuhle, mthandwa wami, khangela, umuhle, amehlo akho angawamajuba.
16 Lo, thou [art] fair, my love, yea, pleasant, Yea, our couch [is] green,
Khangela, umuhle, sithandwa sami, isibili uyathokozisa. Lombheda wethu uluhlaza.
17 The beams of our houses [are] cedars, Our rafters [are] firs, I [am] a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys!
Imijabo yezindlu zethu yimisedari, intungo zethu ngezefiri.
