Ingoma Yezingoma 1
1 Ingoma yezingoma kaSolomoni.
2 Kangange ngezangiwo zomlomo wakhe ngoba uthando lwakho lumnandi kulewayini.
Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine,
3 Limnandi iphunga lamagcobo akho; ibizo lakho linjengamakha atheliweyo. Yikho izintombi zikuthanda kangaka!
Smelling sweet of the best ointments. Thy name is as oil poured out: therefore young maidens have loved 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 to the odour of thy ointments. The king hath brought me into his storerooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, remembering thy breasts more than wine: the righteous love thee.
5 Ngimnyama kodwa ngiyabukeka, lina madodakazi aseJerusalema ngimnyama okwamathente aseKhedari, okwamakhetheni amathente kaSolomoni.
I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 Linganginyonkolozi ngoba ngimnyama, ngimnyama ngenxa yokutshiswa lilanga. Abanewethu bangizondela bangenza umlindi wesivini; angabe ngisanaka esami isivini.
Do not consider me that I am brown, because the sun hath altered my colour: the sons of my mother have fought against me, they have made me the keeper in the vineyards: my 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?
Shew me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after 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 thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds.
9 Sithandwa sami, ngikufanisa lebhiza elisikazi elibotshwe enqoleni kaFaro.
To my company of horsemen, in Pharao’s chariots, have I likened thee, O my love.
10 Izihlathi zakho zinhle ngokuceciswa, intamo yakho ngobuhlalu obucazimulayo.
Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove’s, thy neck as jewels.
11 Sizakwenzela amacici egolide, ebalazwe ngesiliva.
We will make thee chains of gold, inlaid with silver.
12 Khonapho inkosi isetafuleni amakha ami enadi alanquza iphunga lawo elimnandi.
While the king was at his repose, my spikenard sent forth the odour thereof.
13 Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengemfuko yemure ithe khoxo phakathi kwamabele ami.
A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, he shall abide between my breasts.
14 Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengelixha lempoko zehena eliphuma esivinini se-Eni-Gedi.
A cluster of cypress my love is to me, in the vineyards of Engaddi.
15 Bakithi, umuhle njani sithandwa sami! Ngeqiniso umuhle! Amehlo akho angamajuba.
Behold thou art fair, O my love, behold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those of doves.
16 Umuhle ngempela, sithandwa sami! Bakithi, uyabukeka! Umbheda wethu butshani obuluhlaza tshoko.
Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing.
17 Izinsika zendlu yethu ngezomsedari lezintungo ngezefire.
The beams of our houses are of cedar, our rafters of cypress trees.
