Mele a Solomona 1
1 KE Mele o na mele, na Solomona no ia,
2 E honi mai ia'u i na honi o kona waha; No ka mea, ua oi aku kou aloha i ka waina.
Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loue is better then wine.
3 No ke ala o kou mea poni maikai, Ua like kou inoa me ka aila ala i nininiia; No ia mea, ua aloha mai na kaikamahine ia oe.
Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee.
4 E ume mai ia'u, e hahai makou mamuli ou. Ua hookomo mai ke alii ia'u iloko o kona keena; E hauoli makou, a e olioli hoi ia oe; E hoomanao makou i kou aloha mamua o ka waina; Ua aloha aku ka poe pono ia oe.
Drawe me: we will runne after thee: the King hath brought me into his chabers: we will reioyce and be glad in thee: we will remember thy loue more then wine: the righteous do loue thee.
5 Ua eleele au, ua maikai no nae, E na kaikamahine o Ierusalema; E like me na halelewa o Kedara, E like hoi me na paku lole o Solomona.
I am blacke, O daughters of Ierusalem, but comely, as the tentes of Kedar, and as the curtaines of Salomon.
6 Mai nana mai oukou ia'u, no ka mea, ua eleele au, No ka nana ana mai o ka la ia'u. Ua huhu mai ia'u na keiki a ko'u makuwahine, Ua hoolilo mai lakou ia'u i mea kiai i na malawaina; Aka hoi, o ka'u malawaina, aole au i malama.
Regard ye me not because I am blacke: for the sunne hath looked vpon mee. The sonnes of my mother were angry against mee: they made me the keeper of ye vines: but I kept not mine owne vine.
7 E hai mai ia'u, e ka mea a ko'u uhane i aloha'i, Aila ihea oe i hanai mai. Mahea la oe i hoomaha ai i ke awakea? No ke aha la wau i lilo ai, Me ho wahine la i uhiia, Ma na poe hipa a kou mau hoanoho?
Shewe me, O thou, whome my soule loueth, where thou feedest, where thou liest at noone: for why should I be as she that turneth aside to the flockes of thy companions?
8 Ina, aole oe i ike, E ka mea maikai mawaena o na wahine, E hele oe ma na kapuwai o ka poe hipa, E hanai i kau poe kao keiki, Ma kahi kokoke i na halelewa o ka poe kahuhipa.
If thou knowe not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee foorth by the steps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepheards.
9 Ua hoohalike au ia oe, e ka'u mea i aloha'i, Me he lio wahine la iloko o na kaa o Parao.
I haue compared thee, O my loue, to the troupe of horses in the charets of Pharaoh.
10 Ua hoonaniia kou papalina i na kaula momi, A o kou a-i i na lei maikai.
Thy cheekes are comely with rowes of stones, and thy necke with chaines.
11 E hana makou nou i na kaula gula, A me na kaula hoi i paukuia i ke kala.
We will make thee borders of golde with studdes of siluer.
12 I ka noho pu ana o ke alii me kona poe, Ua moani aku la ko'u mea ala.
Whiles the King was at his repast, my spikenard gaue the smelll thereof.
13 O ka'u mea i aloha'i, he pua mura no ia na'u, E moe iho la ia mawaena o ko'u poli.
My welbeloued is as a bundle of myrrhe vnto me: he shall lie betweene my breasts.
14 O ka'u mea i aloha'i, he lala kupero ia na'u, No ka malawaina mai o Enegedi.
My welbeloued is as a cluster of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engedi.
15 Aia hoi, he nani kou, e ka'u mea i aloha'i, He nani kou, he mau maka manu nunu kou.
My loue, beholde, thou art faire: beholde, thou art faire: thine eyes are like the doues.
16 Aia hoi, he nani kou, e ka'u mea i aloha'i, he maikai hoi; Ua omaomao no hoi ko kaua wahi moe.
My welbeloued, beholde, thou art faire and pleasant: also our bed is greene:
17 Na kaola o ko kaua hale, he laau kedera ia, A me ko kaua mau oa, he laau fira.
The beames of our house are cedars, our rafters are of firre.
