Soromoni' 4
1 Navesima negantoa mofamoka, kagi kagonamo'a arava ohe hentofazaga mani'nanke'na kema hugamizankura amuho hue. Kavufima refite'nana tavravemofo amefira, kavurgararemokea maho namagna hu'na'e. Hanki kazokamo'ma evuramiazamo'a Giliati agonafinti sipisipi afu'mo'za takaure takaure hu'za evuramizankna nehie.
My darling, you are beautiful, you are very beautiful! Underneath your veil, your eyes are [as gentle as] [MET] doves. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats moving down the slopes of Gilead Mountain.
2 Kave'mo'a sipsipi afu anenta meni azoka harenteza ti frentageno efeke nehiankna huno efeke hu'ne. Magore huno kavemo'a hagro osu'neanki fenkamine anagami kavemo'a mago tragave hu'ne.
Your teeth are [very white] like [SIM] a flock of sheep [whose wool] has [just] been (shorn/cut off) and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
3 Kagi'morenamo'a korankre nofikna hu'ne. Kagimo'a vahe'mo'ma kesane hu'are knare'zantfa hune. Kavugosama refite'nana tavravefina kameragemo'a korankre huno pomigreneti zafa rgagna hu'ne.
Your lips are like [SIM] a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Beneath your veil, your [round, rosy/red] cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
4 Hagi knankemo'a Deviti zaza nonkna huno hentofaza nehigeno, Deviti nonte'ma hankave sondia vahe'mo'zama tauseni'a hankozmima eme hantinte'za enevazankna hu'ne.
Your [long] neck is [beautiful] like [SIM] the tower of [King] David that was built using layers/rows of stone. [The ornaments on your necklaces are like] 1,000 [HYP] shields that are hanging [on the walls of a tower]; each one belongs to a warrior.
5 Tare aminka'araremokea kugaveza dia anenta afumoke lili trazampi traza neneke vano ha'ankna huna'e.
Your breasts are [as beautiful] [SIM] as two (fawns/young gazelles) that eat [grass] among lilies.
6 Nanterama zasima osuno masama osu'nesige'na, ame hu'na mnanentake'za merene frenkinsensima me'nea agonafina marerigahue.
Until dawn [tomorrow morning] and the nighttime shadows/darkness disappear, I will [lie close to your breasts] that are [like] [MET] hills that are covered with incense [DOU].
7 Navesima negantoa mofamoka kagrira kagi kagonamo arava ohe hentofa zaga mani'nankeno, maka kavufgamo'a afuhe afahera osuno hentofaza hu'ne.
My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
8 Lebanonitira zahufa a'nimoka, nagrane egeta va'mneno. Amanae nehaza agonafintira eramio. Laionimo'ene lepatimo'enema noma kikema nemania agona Senirine Hemoni agonararemofo morusapintira eramio.
My bride, [it is as though you are in] [MET] Lebanon [far away, where I cannot reach you]; come back to me. [It is as though you are inaccessible] [MET] on the top of Hermon Mountain or the nearby peaks. Come from where the lions have their dens and where the leopards live on the mountains.
9 Zahufa a'nimoka kagra marerisa zagani'a mani'nanankinka tumonire avako nehane. Kesgama hunka kavuma nenaganke'nama knankempima pasesuma hu'nana zama negogeno'a, tumoni'amo'a fakifaki hu'ne.
My bride [DOU], you who are dearer to me than my sister, you have captured my affection [IDM] by only once quickly looking at me, and by one [strand of] jewels in your necklace.
10 Zahufa a'nimoka kavesi'nenantana zamo'a hentofaza hu'ne. Kavesima nenantana zamo'a waini timofo haga'a agatere'ne. Hagi kavufgare'ma fre'nana masavemofo mnamo'a, mika haganentake zana agatere'ne.
My bride, your love for me is delightful! It more delightful than wine! And the fragrance of your perfume is more pleasing than any spice!
11 Zahufa a'nimoka kagiteti'ma pakepakema nehia zamo'a tume rimo'ma nehiaza huno haganentake nehigeno, kagefu'namofo henka kaziga amirine tumerine me'ne. Ana nehigeno kukena ka'afinti mnamo'a Lebanoni sida zafafintima neviankna mna nevie.
Being kissed by you is [as enjoyable as eating] [MTY] honey; your kisses are as sweet as milk [mixed with] honey. The aroma of your clothes is like [SIM] the aroma of [cedar trees in] Lebanon.
12 Zahufa a'nimoka kagra nagrike hoza mani'nenka, mareri fenozani'a mani'nane. Refite'nea ti kampui kagra mani'nenka, oku'a ti kampui tini'a mani'nane.
My bride, [you who are dearer to me than] [MET] my sister, you are [like] [MET] a garden that is locked [in order that other men cannot enter it]; [you are like] [MET] a spring or a fountain that is covered [in order that others may not drink from it].
13 Kagri hozafina pomigreneti zafa'moza metru hutere hune'za, knare'nare raga renentaze. Hagi mnanentake zantmima henama nadima,
You are [like] [MET] an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of [plants that produce] henna and nard [spices],
14 zafronima, kalamusine sinamoninema, ana maka frenkinsensima, merema, aloe trazane, maka knare'ma huno mananentakema nehia zantaminena ana hozafina me'ne.
and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
15 Hozafi me'nea ti kampui kna nehunka, knare tirukna hu'nane. Lebanoni agonafinti'ma eneramia tinkna hunka mani'nane.
[You are like] [MET] a fountain in a garden, [like] [MET] a spring of clear water that flows [down] from [the mountains of] Lebanon.
16 Noti kazigatira zahora erinka ne-egeno, sauti kazigati'enena zahora erino ne-ena huta, hozaniafinti mna'a erita vuta eta hi'o. Navesima negantomoka hozaka'afina enka hentofa zafa raga eme taginka nenka ko.
[I want] the north wind and the south wind to come, and blow on my garden, [in order that] the fragrance [of the spices will] spread through the air. [Similarly], I want the one who loves me to come and enjoy [cuddling up to me] [like] [MET, EUP] someone comes into a garden and enjoys eating the fruit [that grows there].
