1I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.2.3 I sat…: Heb. I delighted and sat down, etc2.3 taste: Heb. palate 4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.2.4 banqueting…: Heb. house of wine 5Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.2.5 comfort…: Heb. straw me with apples 6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 7I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.2.7 I charge…: Heb. I adjure you
8¶ The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. 9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.2.9 shewing…: Heb. flourishing 10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 11For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; 12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; 13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14¶ O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16¶ My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.2.17 of Bether: or, of division
Ababaa:
1Meyɛ Saron nhwiren2.1 Yehu Saron nhwiren wɔ Karmel mpoano anafo fam.
ne abon mu sukooko.
Aberante:
2Sɛnea sukooko a ɛwɔ nsɔe mu te no,
saa ara na me dɔfo te wɔ mmabaa mu.
Ababaa:
3Sɛnea aprɛ te wɔ kwae mu nnua mu no,
saa ara na me dɔfo te wɔ mmerante mu.
Sɛ metena ne nwini mu a minya ahomeka
na nʼaba nso yɛ mʼanom dɛ.
4Ɔde me akɔ aponto ase,
na mʼagyiraehyɛde yɛ ɔdɔ.
5Momma me bobe aba na minya ahoɔden,
momma me aprɛ na ennwudwo me,
efisɛ ɔdɔ ama matɔ beraw.
6Ne nsa benkum da mʼatiko,
na ne nsa nifa aka me afam ne bo.
7Yerusalem mmabea, mede atwewa
ne wuram ɔforote hyɛ mo sɛ:
Monnkanyan na munnyan ɔdɔ
kosi bere a ɛsɛ mu.
8Tie! me dɔfo!
Hwɛ! ɔno na ɔreba no,
ɔrehuruhuruw wɔ mmepɔw no so
na ɔbɔ pentenkwa wɔ nkoko no so.
9Me dɔfo te sɛ ɔtwe anaa ɔforote.
Hwɛ! ogyina yɛn fasu akyi,
ɔhwɛ mfɛnsere no mu,
wagyen nʼani rehwɛ mfɛnsere no mu.
10Me dɔfo kasa kyerɛɛ me se,
“Sɔre, me dɔfo ne mʼahoɔfɛ
na bra me nkyɛn.
11Hwɛ! awɔwbere atwa mu;
na asusow atwa mu kɔ.
12Nhwiren afifi asase ani:
nnwonto bere aso.
Wɔte mmorɔnoma su
wɔ yɛn asase so.
13Borɔdɔma agu nhwiren;
na bobe hua agye baabiara.
Sɔre bra, me dɔfo;
mʼahoɔfɛ, bra me nkyɛn.”
Aberante:
14Mʼaborɔnoma a wohyɛ abotan ntokuru mu,
ahintaw wɔ mmepɔw so,
ma minhu wʼanim;
ma mente wo nne;
wo nne yɛ dɛ,
na wʼanim yɛ fɛ.
15Monkyekyere sakraman no mma yɛn,
sakraman nketewa no
a wɔsɛe bobe nturo,
yɛn bobe nturo a ayɛ frɔmfrɔm no.
Ababaa:
16Me dɔfo yɛ me dea, na mewɔ no;
ɔhwehwɛ sukooko no mu.
17Enkosi sɛ ade bɛkyɛ
na sunsuma bɛsen akɔ no,
dan wo ho, me dɔfo,
na yɛ sɛ ɔtwewa
anaa ɔforote a
ɔwɔ nkoko mmonkyi mmonka no so.
