Nnamfonom:
1Ɛhe na wo dɔfo no kɔ
mmea ahoɔfɛfo mu ahoɔfɛ?
Ɛhe na wo dɔfo man fae,
na yɛne wo nkɔhwehwɛ no?
Ababaa:
2Me dɔfo kɔ ne turo mu,
faako a woduadua nnua ahorow,
okokyinkyin turo no mu
akɔboaboa sukooko ano.
3Me dɔfo yɛ me de, na me nso meyɛ ne de;
okyinkyin sukooko no mu.
Aberante:
4Me dɔfo, wo ho yɛ fɛ te sɛ Tirsa,6.4 Tirsa yɛ Kanaan tete kurow bi a Yeroboam de yɛɛ nʼahenkurow wɔ afe 930 AWK (ansa na wɔrewo Kristo) kosi afe 909 AWK wɔ atifi fam ahemman mu.
wʼahoɔfɛ te sɛ Yerusalem,
wusi pi te sɛ asraafo a wɔretu frankaa.
5Nhwɛ me saa;
wobunkam me so.
Wo ti nwi te sɛ mpapokuw a
wɔresian afi Gilead.
6Wo se te sɛ nguankuw a wɔatwitwa wɔn ho nwi foforo,
a wofi aguaree.
Baako mpo nyeraa ɛ.
7Wʼasontɔre a ɛhyɛ wo nkataanim mu
te sɛ ntunkum aduaba fa.
8Ebia na ɔyerenom yɛ aduosia,
mpenanom bɛyɛ aduɔwɔtwe,
ne mmabaa dodow a wontumi nkan wɔn;
9nanso mʼaborɔnoma a ne ho nni asɛm yɛ sononko;
ɔno nko ara ne ne na babea,
ɔno na nea ɔwoo no no pɛ nʼasɛm.
Mmabaa huu no no, wɔfrɛɛ no nhyira;
ahemmea ne mpenanom kamfoo no.
Nnamfonom:
10Hena na wapue sɛ ahemadakye yi,
ɔyɛ frɔmfrɔm sɛ ɔsram, na ɔhyerɛn sɛ owia,
nʼanuonyam te sɛ nsoromma a wɔsa so.
Aberante:
11Misian kɔɔ nnuaba pɔw mu hɔ
sɛ merekɔhwehwɛ afifide foforo a ɛwɔ obon no mu,
sɛ bobe no agu nhwiren,
anaasɛ ntunkum no ayɛ frɔmfrɔm.
12Mʼani baa me ho so no
na mʼadwene de me abesi me nkurɔfo adehye nteaseɛnam so.
Nnamfonom:
13San wʼakyi, san wʼakyi, Sulamit babea;
San bra, san bra ma yɛnhwɛ wo!
Aberante:
Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ mohwɛ Sulamit abeawa
sɛnea mohwɛ Mahanaim asaw no?
1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. 2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
4¶ Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. 5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.6.5 overcome…: or, puffed me up 6Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. 7As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. 8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. 9My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
10¶ Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?
11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded. 12Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.6.12 Or ever…: Heb. I knew not6.12 made…: or, set me on the chariots of my willing people 13Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.6.13 of…: or, of Mahanaim
