Umnyeni:

1 Sengingenile ensimini yami,

dadewethu, makoti wami;

ngiyabutha imure* lami namakha ami,

ngiyadla amakhekheba ami kanye nezinyosi zami,

ngiyaphuza iwayini lami kanye nobisi lwami.

Abangane:

Yidlani, bangane,

niphuze, nisuthe ngothando.

Ukulangazela komakotiUmakoti:

2 Bengilele,

kepha inhliziyo yami ibiphapheme;

kuyizwi lothandiweyo wami elingqongqotha lithi:

“Ngivulele, dadewethu,

sithandwa sami,

juba lami, opheleleyo wami,

ngokuba ikhanda lami ligcwele amazolo,

nesihluthu sami amaconsi asebusuku.”

3 Ngikhumulile isambatho sami,

ngingasifaka kanjani?

Ngigezile izinyawo zami,

ngingazingcoliselani na?

4 Othandiweyo wayesengenisa isandla sakhe embotsheni,

izibilini zami zamhawukela.

5 Ngavuka ukumvulela othandiweyo wami;

izandla zami zaconsa imure,*

neminwe yami imure elimanzi

phezu kwezibambo zesihluthulelo.

6 Ngamvulela-ke othandiweyo wami,

kepha othandiweyo wami ubephendukile,

wamuka;

umphefumulo wami wawuphela ngokukhuluma kwakhe,

ngamfuna, kepha angamthola;

ngambiza,

kodwa akaphendula.

7 Abalindi bangifumana

behambahamba emzini,

bangishaya, bangilimaza;

abalindi bezingange bangaphuca imvakazi yami.

Ukuphendulana komyeni nomakoti

8 Ngiyanifungisa, madodakazi aseJerusalema,

uma nimfumana othandiweyo wami,

ukuba nimtshele ukuthi ngiyafa uthando.

Abangane:

9 Othandiweyo wakho udlula ngani omunye,

wena muhlekazi phakathi kwabesifazane, na?

Othandiweyo wakho udlula kuphi omunye

ukuba usifungise kanjalo na?

Umakoti:

10 Othandiweyo wami uyakhazimula ngobumhlophe, ubomvu,

uyabonakala phakathi kwezigidi.

11 Ikhanda lakhe liyigolide elihle elicwengekileyo;

isihluthu sakhe sinententezo,

simnyama njengegwababa.

12 Amehlo akhe anjengamajuba ngasemifuleni yamanzi,

ageziwe ngobisi ehlezi ngasemifudlaneni egcweleyo.

13 Izihlathi zakhe ziyizindima zamakha ezithaphuka iphunga,

nezindebe zakhe ziyiminduze

econsa imure* elimanzi.

14 Izingalo zakhe ziyizindilinga zegolide,

okufakwe kuzo amakrisolithe;*

isidumbu sakhe sinjengokwenziwe ngophondo lwendlovu,

sembesiwe ngamasafire.*

15 Imilenze yakhe iyizinsika zetshe elimhlophe

ezisekelwe ezinyaweni zegolide elihle;

ukubukeka kwakhe kunjengeLebanoni,

kukhethekile njengemisedari.*

16 Umlomo wakhe umnandi,

uyanxaneleka wonke;

yilowo ongothandiweyo wami,

yilowo ongumngane wami,

nina madodakazi aseJerusalema.