Ingoma Yezingoma 1
1 Ingoma yezingoma engekaSolomoni.
The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
2 Kangange ngokwanga komlomo wakhe; ngoba uthando lwakho lungcono kulewayini.
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.
3 Ngenxa yephunga lamagcobo akho amnandi, ibizo lakho linjengamagcobo athululiweyo; ngakho-ke izintombi ziyakuthanda.
Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
4 Ngidonsa, sizagijima emva kwakho; inkosi ingingenise emakamelweni ayo; sizajabula sithokoze kuwe, sikhumbule uthando lwakho okwedlula iwayini; abaqondileyo bayakuthanda.
Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.
5 Ngimnyama, kodwa ngimuhle, madodakazi eJerusalema, njengamathente eKedari, njengamakhetheni kaSolomoni.
I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.
6 Lingangibukeli ngoba ngimnyama, ngoba ilanga lingitshisile. Abantwana bakamama bangizondela, bangenza umlindikazi wezivini; isivini sami esingesami kangisilindanga.
Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.
7 Ngitshela, wena umphefumulo wami okuthandayo, ukuthi welusela ngaphi, uphumuza ngaphi umhlambi emini; ngoba kungani ngizakuba njengozulayo ngasemihlanjini yabangane bakho?
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
8 Uba ungazi, wena omuhle kakhulu phakathi kwabesifazana, phuma wena ngezinyathelo zomhlambi, welusele amazinyane akho phansi kwamadumba abelusi.
If you don’t know, most beautiful amongst women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
9 Ngikufananise lebhizakazi ezinqoleni zikaFaro, mthandwa wami.
I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 Izihlathi zakho zinhle phakathi kwemiceciso, intamo yakho ngezigqizo.
Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
11 Sizakwenzela imiceciso yegolide lamaqhubu esiliva.
We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.
12 Inkosi isesetafuleni layo ledili inadi yami yakhupha iphunga layo.
While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 Isithandwa sami kimi siyisamba semure; sizalala phakathi kwamabele ami ebusuku.
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
14 Isithandwa sami kimi silihlukuzo lesihlahla sehena ezivinini zeEngedi.
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
15 Khangela, umuhle, mthandwa wami, khangela, umuhle, amehlo akho angawamajuba.
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.
16 Khangela, umuhle, sithandwa sami, isibili uyathokozisa. Lombheda wethu uluhlaza.
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.
17 Imijabo yezindlu zethu yimisedari, intungo zethu ngezefiri.
The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.
