Wimbo wa Sulemani 2
1 Mimi ni ua la Sharoni, yungiyungi ya bondeni.
I crocus [the] Sharon lily [the] valley
2 Kama yungiyungi katikati ya miiba ndivyo alivyo mpenzi wangu katikati ya wanawali.
like/as lily between: among [the] thistle so darling my between: among [the] daughter
3 Kama mti wa mtofaa miongoni mwa miti ya msituni ndivyo alivyo mpenzi wangu miongoni mwa wanaume vijana. Ninafurahia kuketi kivulini mwa mwanaume huyu, na tunda lake ni tamu kwangu.
like/as apple in/on/with tree [the] wood so beloved my between: among [the] son: descendant/people in/on/with shadow his to desire and to dwell and fruit his sweet to/for palate my
4 Amenichukua mpaka kwenye ukumbi wa karamu, na bendera ya huyu mwanaume juu yangu ni upendo.
to come (in): bring me to(wards) house: home [the] wine and standard his upon me love
5 Nitie nguvu kwa zabibu kavu, niburudishe kwa matofaa, kwa maana ninazimia kwa mapenzi.
to support me in/on/with raisin bun to spread me in/on/with apple for be weak: ill love I
6 Mkono wake wa kushoto uko chini ya kichwa changu, na mkono wake wa kuume unanikumbatia.
left his underneath: under to/for head my and right his to embrace me
7 Binti za Yerusalemu, ninawaagiza kwa paa na kwa ayala wa shambani: Msichochee wala kuamsha mapenzi hata yatakapotaka yenyewe.
to swear [obj] you daughter Jerusalem in/on/with gazelle or in/on/with doe [the] land: country if: surely no to rouse and if: surely no to rouse [obj] [the] love till which/that to delight in
8 Sikiliza! Mpenzi wangu! Tazama! Huyu hapa anakuja, akirukaruka juu milimani akizunguka juu ya vilima.
voice beloved my behold this to come (in): come to leap upon [the] mountain: mount to gather upon [the] hill
9 Mpenzi wangu ni kama paa au ayala kijana. Tazama! Anasimama nyuma ya ukuta wetu, akitazama kupitia madirishani, akichungulia kimiani.
to resemble beloved my to/for gazelle or to/for fawn [the] deer behold this to stand: stand after wall our to gaze from [the] window to gaze from [the] lattice
10 Mpenzi wangu alizungumza na kuniambia, “Inuka, mpenzi wangu, mrembo wangu, tufuatane.
to answer beloved my and to say to/for me to arise: rise to/for you darling my beautiful my and to go: went to/for you
11 Tazama! Wakati wa masika umepita, mvua imekwisha na ikapita.
for behold ([the] winter *Q(K)*) to pass [the] rain to pass to go: went to/for him
12 Maua yanatokea juu ya nchi; majira ya kuimba yamewadia, sauti za njiwa zinasikika katika nchi yetu.
[the] flower to see: see in/on/with land: soil time [the] branch to touch and voice [the] turtledove to hear: hear in/on/with land: country/planet our
13 Mtini unatunga matunda yake ya mwanzoni, zabibu zinazochanua zaeneza harufu nzuri. Inuka, njoo mpenzi wangu. Mrembo wangu, tufuatane.”
[the] fig to spice early fig her and [the] vine blossom to give: give aroma to arise: rise (to/for you *Q(K)*) darling my beautiful my and to go: come to/for you
14 Hua wangu penye nyufa za majabali, mafichoni pembezoni mwa mlima, nionyeshe uso wako, na niisikie sauti yako, kwa maana sauti yako ni tamu, na uso wako unapendeza.
dove my in/on/with cleft [the] crag in/on/with secrecy [the] steep to see: see me [obj] appearance your to hear: hear me [obj] voice your for voice your sweet and appearance your lovely
15 Tukamatie mbweha, mbweha wale wadogo wanaoharibu mashamba ya mizabibu, mashamba yetu ya mizabibu yaliyochanua.
to grasp to/for us fox fox small to destroy vineyard and vineyard our blossom
16 Mpenzi wangu ni wangu, nami ni wake, yeye hujilisha katikati ya yungiyungi.
beloved my to/for me and I to/for him [the] to pasture in/on/with lily
17 Mpaka jua linapochomoza, na vivuli vikimbie, rudi, mpenzi wangu, na uwe kama paa, au kama ayala kijana juu ya vilima vya Betheri.
till which/that to breathe [the] day and to flee [the] shadow to turn: turn to resemble to/for you beloved my to/for gazelle or to/for fawn [the] deer upon mountain: mount cleft
