1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.4.1 that…: or, that eat of, etc 2Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. 3Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. 4Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. 5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. 6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.4.6 break: Heb. breathe 7Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
8¶ Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.4.9 ravished: or, taken away 10How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 11Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. 12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 4.12 inclosed: Heb. barred4.12 shut up: Heb. barred 13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,4.13 camphire: or, cypress 14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
16¶ Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Mpenzi
14:1 Wim 1:15; 5:12; Mwa 37:25; Hes 32:1; Mwa 24:65; Yer 22:6; Mik 7:14Tazama jinsi ulivyo mzuri, mpenzi wangu!
Ee, jinsi ulivyo mzuri!
Macho yako nyuma ya shela yako
ni kama ya hua.
Nywele zako ni kama kundi la mbuzi
zikishuka kutoka Mlima Gileadi.
24:2 Wim 6:6Meno yako ni kama kundi la kondoo waliokatwa manyoya sasa hivi,
watokao kuogeshwa.
Kila mmoja ana pacha lake,
hakuna hata mmoja aliye peke yake.
34:3 Wim 5:16; 6:7Midomo yako ni kama uzi mwekundu,
kinywa chako kinapendeza.
Mashavu yako nyuma ya shela yako
ni kama vipande viwili vya komamanga.
44:4 Eze 27:10; Neh 3:19; 2Sam 22:51; Za 144:12Shingo yako ni kama mnara wa Daudi,
uliojengwa kwa madaha,
juu yake zimetundikwa ngao elfu,
zote ni ngao za mashujaa.
54:5 Wim 7:3; 6:2-3; Mit 5:19; Isa 66:10-12Matiti yako mawili ni kama wana-paa wawili,
kama wana-paa mapacha
wajilishao katikati ya yungiyungi.
64:6 Wim 2:6-7; 3:6; 2:17Hata kupambazuke na vivuli vikimbie,
nitakwenda kwenye mlima wa manemane
na kwenye kilima cha uvumba.
74:7 Wim 1:15Wewe ni mzuri kote, mpenzi wangu,
hakuna hitilafu ndani yako.
84:8 Kum 3:9; 1Nya 5:23; Wim 5:1Enda nami kutoka Lebanoni, bibi arusi wangu,
enda nami kutoka Lebanoni.
Shuka kutoka ncha ya Amana,
kutoka juu ya Seniri, kilele cha Hermoni,
kutoka mapango ya simba
na kutoka mlima wapendapo kukaa chui.
94:9 Isa 54:5; Za 73:6; Yn 3:29; Mwa 41:43Umeiba moyo wangu, dada yangu, bibi arusi wangu;
umeiba moyo wangu
kwa mtazamo mmoja wa macho yako,
kwa kito kimoja cha mkufu wako.
104:10 Wim 7:6; 1:2; Amu 9:13; Za 45:8; Isa 57:9Tazama jinsi pendo lako linavyofurahisha,
dada yangu, bibi arusi wangu!
Pendo lako linafurahisha aje zaidi ya divai,
na harufu ya manukato yako zaidi ya kikolezo chochote!
114:11 Hos 14:6; Za 19:10; Mit 24:13-14; Mwa 27:27Midomo yako inadondosha utamu kama sega la asali,
bibi arusi wangu;
maziwa na asali viko chini ya ulimi wako.
Harufu nzuri ya mavazi yako ni kama ile ya Lebanoni.
124:12 Mit 5:15-18; Isa 58:11; Wim 6:2; 5:1Wewe ni bustani iliyofungwa, dada yangu,
bibi arusi wangu;
wewe ni chanzo cha maji kilichozungushiwa kabisa,
chemchemi yangu peke yangu.
134:13 Wim 6:11; 7:12; 1:14Mimea yako ni bustani ya mikomamanga
yenye matunda mazuri sana,
yenye hina na nardo,
144:14 Kut 30:23; Wim 3:6; 1:12; Hes 24:6nardo na zafarani,
mchai na mdalasini,
pamoja na kila aina ya mti wa uvumba,
manemane na udi,
na aina zote za vikolezo bora kuliko vyote.
154:15 Isa 27:2; 58:11; Yer 31:12; Mit 5:18Wewe ni chemchemi ya bustani,
kisima cha maji yatiririkayo,
yakitiririka kutoka Lebanoni.
Mpendwa
164:16 Wim 2:3Amka, upepo wa kaskazini,
na uje, upepo wa kusini!
Vuma juu ya bustani yangu,
ili harufu yake nzuri iweze kuenea mpaka ngʼambo.
Mpendwa wangu na aje bustanini mwake
na kuonja matunda mazuri sana.
