Ingoma Yezingoma 1
1 Ingoma yezingoma kaSolomoni.
The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.
2 Kangange ngezangiwo zomlomo wakhe ngoba uthando lwakho lumnandi kulewayini.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for thy love is better than wine.
3 Limnandi iphunga lamagcobo akho; ibizo lakho linjengamakha atheliweyo. Yikho izintombi zikuthanda kangaka!
Thine oils have a good fragrance. Thy name is oil poured forth. Therefore the virgins love thee.
4 Ngithatha uhambe lami, kasiphangise! Inkosi kayingingenise endlini yayo. Abangane Siyathokoza njalo siyajabula ngawe; sizalubabaza uthando lwakho okudlula iwayini. Umlobokazi Kabazenzi ukuba bakuthande!
Draw me, we will run after thee. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in thee. We will make mention of thy love more than of wine. Rightly do they love thee.
5 Ngimnyama kodwa ngiyabukeka, lina madodakazi aseJerusalema ngimnyama okwamathente aseKhedari, okwamakhetheni amathente kaSolomoni.
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 Linganginyonkolozi ngoba ngimnyama, ngimnyama ngenxa yokutshiswa lilanga. Abanewethu bangizondela bangenza umlindi wesivini; angabe ngisanaka esami isivini.
Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me. They made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept.
7 Akungitshele, wena engikuthandayo, uyelusela ngaphi imihlambi yezimvu zakho lokuthi ziphumula ngaphi izimvu zakho emini? Kungani ngisiba njengomfazi ombozileyo eceleni kwemihlambi yabangane bakho na?
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loves, where thou feed thy flock, where thou make it to rest at noon. For why should I be as she who is veiled beside the flocks of thy companions?
8 Nxa ungazi, wena omuhle okudlula bonke abesifazane, landela umkhondo wezimvu udlisele amazinyane embuzi zakho eduze lamathente abelusi.
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
9 Sithandwa sami, ngikufanisa lebhiza elisikazi elibotshwe enqoleni kaFaro.
I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
10 Izihlathi zakho zinhle ngokuceciswa, intamo yakho ngobuhlalu obucazimulayo.
Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, thy neck with strings of jewels.
11 Sizakwenzela amacici egolide, ebalazwe ngesiliva.
We will make thee plaits of gold with studs of silver.
12 Khonapho inkosi isetafuleni amakha ami enadi alanquza iphunga lawo elimnandi.
While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
13 Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengemfuko yemure ithe khoxo phakathi kwamabele ami.
My beloved is to me a bundle of myrrh that lies between my breasts.
14 Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengelixha lempoko zehena eliphuma esivinini se-Eni-Gedi.
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna-flowers in the vineyards of En-gedi.
15 Bakithi, umuhle njani sithandwa sami! Ngeqiniso umuhle! Amehlo akho angamajuba.
Behold, thou are fair, my love, behold thou are fair. Thine eyes are doves.
16 Umuhle ngempela, sithandwa sami! Bakithi, uyabukeka! Umbheda wethu butshani obuluhlaza tshoko.
Behold, thou are fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant. Also our couch is green.
17 Izinsika zendlu yethu ngezomsedari lezintungo ngezefire.
The beams of our house are cedars, our rafters are firs.
