Ingoma Yezingoma 1
1 Ingoma yezingoma engekaSolomoni.
song [the] song which to/for Solomon
2 Kangange ngokwanga komlomo wakhe; ngoba uthando lwakho lungcono kulewayini.
to kiss me from kiss lip his for pleasant beloved: love your from wine
3 Ngenxa yephunga lamagcobo akho amnandi, ibizo lakho linjengamagcobo athululiweyo; ngakho-ke izintombi ziyakuthanda.
to/for aroma oil your pleasant oil to empty name your upon so maiden to love: lover you
4 Ngidonsa, sizagijima emva kwakho; inkosi ingingenise emakamelweni ayo; sizajabula sithokoze kuwe, sikhumbule uthando lwakho okwedlula iwayini; abaqondileyo bayakuthanda.
to draw me after you to run: run to come (in): bring me [the] king chamber his to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with you to remember beloved: love your from wine uprightness to love: lover you
5 Ngimnyama, kodwa ngimuhle, madodakazi eJerusalema, njengamathente eKedari, njengamakhetheni kaSolomoni.
black I and lovely daughter Jerusalem like/as tent Kedar like/as curtain Solomon
6 Lingangibukeli ngoba ngimnyama, ngoba ilanga lingitshisile. Abantwana bakamama bangizondela, bangenza umlindikazi wezivini; isivini sami esingesami kangisilindanga.
not to see: see me which/that I blackish which/that to see me [the] sun son: child mother my to be incensed in/on/with me to set: make me to keep [obj] [the] vineyard vineyard my which/that to/for me not to keep
7 Ngitshela, wena umphefumulo wami okuthandayo, ukuthi welusela ngaphi, uphumuza ngaphi umhlambi emini; ngoba kungani ngizakuba njengozulayo ngasemihlanjini yabangane bakho?
to tell [emph?] to/for me which/that to love: lover soul my how? to pasture how? to stretch in/on/with midday which/that to/for what? to be like/as to enwrap upon flock companion your
8 Uba ungazi, wena omuhle kakhulu phakathi kwabesifazana, phuma wena ngezinyathelo zomhlambi, welusele amazinyane akho phansi kwamadumba abelusi.
if not to know to/for you [the] beautiful in/on/with woman to come out: come to/for you in/on/with heel [the] flock and to pasture [obj] kid your upon tabernacle [the] to pasture
9 Ngikufananise lebhizakazi ezinqoleni zikaFaro, mthandwa wami.
to/for mare my in/on/with chariot Pharaoh to resemble you darling my
10 Izihlathi zakho zinhle phakathi kwemiceciso, intamo yakho ngezigqizo.
be lovely jaw your in/on/with plait neck your in/on/with string
11 Sizakwenzela imiceciso yegolide lamaqhubu esiliva.
plait gold to make to/for you with bead [the] silver: money
12 Inkosi isesetafuleni layo ledili inadi yami yakhupha iphunga layo.
till which/that [the] king in/on/with surrounds his nard my to give: give aroma his
13 Isithandwa sami kimi siyisamba semure; sizalala phakathi kwamabele ami ebusuku.
bundle [the] myrrh beloved my to/for me between breast my to lodge
14 Isithandwa sami kimi silihlukuzo lesihlahla sehena ezivinini zeEngedi.
cluster [the] henna beloved my to/for me in/on/with vineyard Engedi Engedi
15 Khangela, umuhle, mthandwa wami, khangela, umuhle, amehlo akho angawamajuba.
look! you beautiful darling my look! you beautiful eye your dove
16 Khangela, umuhle, sithandwa sami, isibili uyathokozisa. Lombheda wethu uluhlaza.
look! you beautiful beloved my also pleasant also bed our luxuriant
17 Imijabo yezindlu zethu yimisedari, intungo zethu ngezefiri.
beam house: home our cedar (rafter our *Q(K)*) cypress
