Rwĩmbo 7
1 We mwarĩ ũyũ wa mũnene, ĩ magũrũ maku mekĩrĩtwo iraatũ ti mathaka! Magũrũ maku mathakarĩte makahaana ta mathaga, marĩa mathondeketwo nĩ moko ma mũbundi mũũgĩ.
what? be beautiful beat your in/on/with sandal daughter noble curve thigh your like ornament deed: work hand artisan
2 Mũkonyo waku nĩ ta kaihũri ga gĩthiũrũrĩ karĩa gataagaga ndibei ningie. Njohero yaku ĩhaana ta kĩhumbu kĩa ngano ngonyore, gĩthiũrũrũkĩirio nĩ itoka.
navel your vessel [the] roundness not to lack [the] mixture belly: abdomen your heap wheat to fence in/on/with lily
3 Nyondo ciaku ihaana ciana igĩrĩ cia thiiya, ikahaana mahatha ma thiiya.
two breast your like/as two fawn twin gazelle
4 Ngingo yaku ĩhaana ta mũthiringo mũraihu wakĩtwo na mĩguongo. Maitho maku nĩ ta tũria twa Heshiboni, hakuhĩ na kĩhingo kĩa Bathi-Rabimu. Iniũrũ rĩaku rĩhaana ta mũthiringo mũraihu wa Lebanoni ũrĩa ũrorete na mwena wa Dameski.
neck your like/as tower [the] tooth: ivory eye your pool in/on/with Heshbon upon gate Bath-rabbim Bath-rabbim face: nose your like/as tower [the] Lebanon to watch face: before Damascus
5 Mũtwe waku ũkũhumbaga tanji ta Kĩrĩma gĩa Karimeli. Nacio njuĩrĩ ciaku ciirĩte ikahaana ta rangi wa ndathi; mũthamaki aikaraga ta oohereirwo tũmĩcuha-inĩ twacio.
head your upon you like/as Carmel and hair head your like/as purple king to bind in/on/with lock
6 Wee wendo, kaĩ wee ũrĩ mũthaka na wa gũkenania-ĩ! Maũndũ maku nĩmagũkenania!
what? be beautiful and what? be pleasant love in/on/with luxury
7 Kĩrũgamo gĩaku kĩrũngarĩte ta mũtĩ wa mũkĩndũ, nacio nyondo ciaku ihaana ta imanjĩka cia matunda.
this height your to resemble to/for palm and breast your to/for cluster
8 Ndoigire atĩrĩ, “Nĩngũhaica mũtĩ ũyũ wa mũkĩndũ; nĩngũtua matunda maguo.” Nyondo ciaku irotuĩka ta imanjĩka cia thabibũ, nayo mĩhũmũ yaku ĩtararĩke wega ta matunda,
to say to ascend: rise in/on/with palm to grasp in/on/with fruit-stalk his and to be please breast your like/as cluster [the] vine (and aroma *L(b)*) face: nose your like/as apple
9 nako kanua gaku gatuĩke ta ndibei ĩrĩa njega mũno. Mwendwa Ndibei ĩyo ĩrokinyĩra mwendwa wakwa, na ĩmerũke wega ĩrĩ gatagatĩ ka mĩromo na magego.
and palate your like/as wine [the] pleasant to go: went to/for beloved my to/for uprightness to glide lips sleeping
10 Niĩ ndĩ wa mwendwa wakwa, nake nĩ niĩ eriragĩria.
I to/for beloved my and upon me desire his
11 Mwendwa wakwa, ũka, nĩtũthiĩ mĩgũnda-inĩ, nĩtũthiĩ tũkaraarĩrĩre tũtũũra-inĩ.
to go: come! [emph?] beloved my to come out: come [the] land: country to lodge in/on/with village
12 Nĩtũrooke gũthiĩ tene mĩgũnda-inĩ ya mĩthabibũ tũkarore kana mĩthabibũ nĩmĩthundũku, na kana nĩĩcanũrĩte kĩro kĩayo, o na kana mĩkomamanga nĩĩrutĩte kĩro: kũu nĩkuo ngaakũheera wendo wakwa.
to rise to/for vineyard to see: see if to sprout [the] vine to open [the] blossom to bud [the] pomegranate there to give: give [obj] beloved: love my to/for you
13 Matunda ma mandarĩki nĩmaratararĩka, na mũrango-inĩ gwitũ kũrĩ na matunda ma mĩthemba yothe marĩa mega mũno, ma mũgethano o na mangĩ maikaru, marĩa ngũigĩire, wee mwendwa wakwa.
[the] mandrake to give: give aroma and upon entrance our all excellence new also old beloved my to treasure to/for you
