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
Ababaawa:
1Meyɛ Saron nhwiren2.1 Yɛhunu Saron nhwiren wɔ Karmel mpoano anafoɔ fam.
ne bɔnhwa mu sukooko.
Aberanteɛ:
2Sɛdeɛ sukooko a ɛwɔ nkasɛɛ mu teɛ no
saa ara na me dɔfoɔ te wɔ mmabaawa mu.
Ababaawa:
3Sɛdeɛ aprɛ teɛ wɔ kwaeɛ mu nnua mu no
saa ara na me dɔfoɔ teɛ wɔ mmaranteɛ mu.
Sɛ metena ne nwunu mu a, menya ahomeka
na nʼaba nso yɛ mʼanom dɛ.
4Ɔde me akɔ apontoɔ ase,
na mʼahyɛnsodeɛ yɛ ɔdɔ.
5Momma me bobe aba na menya ahoɔden,
momma me aprɛ na ɛnnwodwo me,
ɛfiri sɛ ɔdɔ ama matɔ baha.
6Ne nsa benkum da mʼatikɔ,
na ne nsa nifa aka me afam ne bo.
7Yerusalem mmammaa, mehyɛ mo sɛ,
Momfa wiram atwewa ne ɔforoteɛ nka ntam sɛ
morennyane, na morenhwanyane ɔdɔ mu
kɔsi ɛberɛ a ɛsɛ mu.
8Tie! Me dɔfoɔ!
Hwɛ! Ɔno na ɔreba no,
ɔrehurihuri wɔ mmepɔ no so
na ɔbɔ pentenkwa wɔ nkokoɔ no so.
9Me dɔfoɔ te sɛ ɔtwe anaa ɔforoteɛ.
Hwɛ! Ɔgyina yɛn ɔfasuo akyi,
ɔhwɛ mpomma no mu,
wagyene nʼani hwɛ ntokua no mu.
10Me dɔfoɔ kasa kyerɛɛ me sɛ,
“Sɔre, me dɔfoɔ ne mʼahoɔfɛ
na bra me nkyɛn.
11Hwɛ! Awɔberɛ atwam;
na osutɔ atwam kɔ.
12Nhwiren afifiri asase ani:
nnwontoɔ berɛ aso.
Wɔte mmorɔnoma su
wɔ yɛn asase so.
13Borɔdɔma agu nhyerɛnne;
na bobe hwa agye baabiara.
Sɔre bra, me dɔfoɔ;
mʼahoɔfɛ bra me nkyɛn.”
Aberanteɛ:
14Mʼaborɔnoma a wohyɛ abotan ntokuro mu
ahinta wɔ mmepɔ so,
ma me nhunu 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 frɔmm no.
Ababaawa:
16Me dɔfoɔ yɛ me dea, na mewɔ no;
ɔhwehwɛ sukooko no mu.
17Ɛnkɔsi sɛ adeɛ bɛkye
na sunsumma bɛsene akɔ no,
dane wo ho me dɔfoɔ,
na yɛ sɛ ɔtwewa
anaa ɔforoteɛ a
ɔwɔ nkokoɔ mmɔnkyi mmɔnka no so.
