Ingoma Yezingoma 1
1 Ingoma yezingoma kaSolomoni.
Solomon's song of songs.
2 Kangange ngezangiwo zomlomo wakhe ngoba uthando lwakho lumnandi kulewayini.
Kiss me, kiss me with your mouth again and again, for your love is sweeter than wine.
3 Limnandi iphunga lamagcobo akho; ibizo lakho linjengamakha atheliweyo. Yikho izintombi zikuthanda kangaka!
I love the way you smell from the perfumed oils you use. You have quite a reputation—it spreads like spilled perfumed oil. It's not surprising that all the young women adore you!
4 Ngithatha uhambe lami, kasiphangise! Inkosi kayingingenise endlini yayo. Abangane Siyathokoza njalo siyajabula ngawe; sizalubabaza uthando lwakho okudlula iwayini. Umlobokazi Kabazenzi ukuba bakuthande!
Take me by the hand—let's run! (The king has brought me to his bedroom.) Let's be happy together and find pleasure in your love. Your love is far better than wine! Women are right to adore you so!
5 Ngimnyama kodwa ngiyabukeka, lina madodakazi aseJerusalema ngimnyama okwamathente aseKhedari, okwamakhetheni amathente kaSolomoni.
I'm black, but I'm beautiful, women of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Linganginyonkolozi ngoba ngimnyama, ngimnyama ngenxa yokutshiswa lilanga. Abanewethu bangizondela bangenza umlindi wesivini; angabe ngisanaka esami isivini.
Don't look down on me because I'm black, because the sun has burned me. My brothers were angry with me and made me look after the vineyards, so I couldn't look after my own vineyard.
7 Akungitshele, wena engikuthandayo, uyelusela ngaphi imihlambi yezimvu zakho lokuthi ziphumula ngaphi izimvu zakho emini? Kungani ngisiba njengomfazi ombozileyo eceleni kwemihlambi yabangane bakho na?
My love, please tell me where you're taking your flock. Where will you rest them at noon? For why should I have to wear a veil while looking for you among the flocks of your companions?
8 Nxa ungazi, wena omuhle okudlula bonke abesifazane, landela umkhondo wezimvu udlisele amazinyane embuzi zakho eduze lamathente abelusi.
If you really don't know, you who are more beautiful than any other woman, then follow the tracks of my flock, and let your goats graze near the shepherd's tents.
9 Sithandwa sami, ngikufanisa lebhiza elisikazi elibotshwe enqoleni kaFaro.
My darling, to me you're like a mare among Pharaoh's horses that pull his chariots,
10 Izihlathi zakho zinhle ngokuceciswa, intamo yakho ngobuhlalu obucazimulayo.
Your beautiful cheeks adorned with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
11 Sizakwenzela amacici egolide, ebalazwe ngesiliva.
Let's make you some gold ornaments inlaid with silver.
12 Khonapho inkosi isetafuleni amakha ami enadi alanquza iphunga lawo elimnandi.
As the king lay on his couch, my nard perfume gave off its fragrance.
13 Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengemfuko yemure ithe khoxo phakathi kwamabele ami.
My love is like a pouch of myrrh, lying all night between my breasts.
14 Kimi isithandwa sami sinjengelixha lempoko zehena eliphuma esivinini se-Eni-Gedi.
My love is like a bunch of fragrant henna flowers in the vineyards of Engedi.
15 Bakithi, umuhle njani sithandwa sami! Ngeqiniso umuhle! Amehlo akho angamajuba.
Look at how very beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are as gentle as doves.
16 Umuhle ngempela, sithandwa sami! Bakithi, uyabukeka! Umbheda wethu butshani obuluhlaza tshoko.
And you, my love, are so handsome—how charming you are! The green grass is our bed,
17 Izinsika zendlu yethu ngezomsedari lezintungo ngezefire.
with cedar trees as beams for our “house,” and pine trees for the rafters.
