Hawo 4
1 Nye lɔlɔ̃tɔ, èdze tugbe loo! O, èdze tugbe ŋutɔ! Wò ŋkuwo le abe ahɔnɛ ƒe ŋkuwo ene le wò moxevɔ la me. Wò taɖa le abe gbɔ̃ha siwo le ɖiɖim tso Gilead to dzi la ene.
look! you beautiful darling my look! you beautiful eye your dove from about/through/for to/for veil your hair your like/as flock [the] goat which/that to step down from mountain: hill country Gilead
2 Wò aɖuwo fu tititi abe alẽha siwo woko fu na teti, eye wole tsi na wo la ene. Ɖe sia ɖe le zɔzɔm eveve, eye ɖeke metsi akogo o.
tooth your like/as flock [the] to shear which/that to ascend: rise from [the] washing which/that all their be double and childless nothing in/on/with them
3 Wò nuyiwo le abe ɖablanu dzĩ ene, eye wò nu nya kpɔna ŋutɔ. Wò tonuƒuiwo le dzedzem le wò moxevɔ me abe atɔtɔ si me woma ɖe eve la ene.
like/as thread [the] scarlet lips your and mouth your lovely like/as millstone [the] pomegranate temple your from about/through/for to/for veil your
4 Wò kɔ le abe David ƒe xɔ tsrala si le dzedze tɔxɛ me, eye wotsɔ kalẽtɔ akpe nanewo ƒe akpoxɔnu ku ɖe eŋuti la ene.
like/as tower David neck your to build to/for weapon thousand [the] shield to hang upon him all shield [the] mighty man
5 Wò nowo le abe sãdevi eve ene alo abe sãde ƒe evenɔvi siwo le gbe ɖum le dzogbenyawo me ene.
two breast your like/as two fawn twin gazelle [the] to pasture in/on/with lily
6 Mayi lifitowo kple dzudzɔdonu ʋeʋĩ togbɛwo dzi va se ɖe esime ŋu nake, eye viviti nasi adzo.
till which/that to breathe [the] day and to flee [the] shadow to go: went to/for me to(wards) mountain: mount [the] myrrh and to(wards) hill [the] frankincense
7 Nye dzi lɔlɔ̃a, nu sia nu de le ŋuwò, eye kpɔtsɔtsɔ aɖeke mele ŋuwò o.
all your beautiful darling my and blemish nothing in/on/with you
8 Nye ŋugbetɔ, va mídzo le Lebanon, kplɔm ɖo ne míado go le Lebanon. Ɖiɖi tso Amana tame, tso Senir kple Hermon tame, tso dzatawo ƒe do me kple lãkletowo dzi.
with me from Lebanon daughter-in-law: bride with me from Lebanon to come (in): come to travel from head: top Amana from head: top Senir and (Mount) Hermon from habitation lion from mountain leopard
9 Wò nu lé dzi nam, nɔvinye nyɔnu kple nye ŋugbetɔ; wò nu lé dzi nam esi nètsɔ wò ŋkuwo kpɔm zi ɖeka pɛ ko, eye nye ŋkuwo lɔ kɔga si nède la.
to encourage me sister my daughter-in-law: bride to encourage me (in/on/with one *Q(K)*) from eye your in/on/with one necklace from necklace your
10 Nɔvinye nyɔnu, nye ŋugbetɔ, wò lɔlɔ̃ vivina loo! Wò lɔlɔ̃ vivina wu wain, eye ami ʋeʋĩ si nèsi la ƒe ʋeʋẽ ƒo atike ʋeʋĩwo katã ta!
what? be beautiful beloved: love your sister my daughter-in-law: bride what? be pleasing beloved: love your from wine and aroma oil your from all spice
11 Nye ŋugbetɔ, wò nuyiwo le vivim abe anyitsito ene, eye notsi kple anyitsi le wò aɖe te. Awu siwo nèdo la le ʋeʋẽm lĩlĩlĩ abe Lebanon ƒe ʋeʋẽ ene.
honey to drip/prophesy lips your daughter-in-law: bride honey and milk underneath: under tongue your and aroma garment your like/as aroma Lebanon
12 Nye ŋugbetɔ, nɔvinye nyɔnu, èle abe abɔ si ƒe ʋɔ wotu la ene. Eye nèle abe vudo si nu wotu nu ɖo kple tsitsetse si nu wotre la ene.
garden to lock sister my daughter-in-law: bride heap: wave to lock spring to seal
13 Wò nuku siwo nèƒã ɖe agble me la woe nye: atɔtɔ, sikɔni, adrike,
missile your park pomegranate with fruit excellence henna with nard
14 gbe ʋeʋĩwo, agumetaku, sabala, sinamon kple atike ʋeʋĩ vovovowo kpe ɖe lifi, aloe kple nu ʋeʋĩ nyuitɔwo ŋu.
nard and saffron branch: calamus and cinnamon with all tree frankincense myrrh and aloe with all head: top spice
15 Èle abe tsi dzidzi si le abɔ me, kple vudo si yɔ gbã go hele sisim tso Lebanon ene.
spring garden well water alive and to flow from Lebanon
16 Nyɔ, anyieheya, ne nàva; dzieheya, wò hã va! Ƒo to nye abɔ me, be eƒe ʋeʋẽ nakaka ɖe yame. Na be nye lɔlɔ̃tɔ nava eƒe abɔ me, eye wòaɖɔ eƒe kutsetse nyuitɔwo kpɔ.
to rouse north and to come (in): come south to breathe garden my to flow spice his to come (in): come beloved my to/for garden his and to eat fruit excellence his
