1ምነው አንተ የእናቴን ጡት እንደ ጠባ፣
እንደ ወንድሜ በሆንህ!
ከዚያም ውጭ ባገኝህ፣
እስምህ ነበር፤
ታዲያ ማንም ባልናቀኝ!
2እኔም ወደ አስተማረችኝ፣
ወደ እናቴም ቤት፣
እጅህን ይዤ በወሰድሁህ ነበር፤
የምትጠጣውን ጣፋጭ የወይን ጠጅ፣
የሮማኔን ጭማቂም በሰጠሁህ።
3ግራ እጁን ተንተርሻለሁ፤
ቀኝ እጁም ዐቅፎኛል።
4እናንት የኢየሩሳሌም ቈነጃጅት፤
ራሱ እስኪፈልግ ድረስ፣
ፍቅርን እንዳታስነሡት ወይም እንዳትቀሰቅሱት እማጠናችኋለሁ።
ባልንጀሮቿ
5ውዷን ተደግፋ፣
ከምድረ በዳ የምትወጣ ይህች ማን ናት?
ሙሽራዪቱ
ከእንኮይ ዛፍ ሥር አስነሣሁህ፤ በዚያ እናትህ ፀነሰችህ፤
በዚያም ታምጥ የነበረችው አንተን
ወለደችህ።
6በልብህ እንዳለ፣
በክንድህም እንደምትይዘው ማኅተም አስቀምጠኝ፤
ፍቅር እንደ ሞት የበረታች፣
ቅናቷም8፥6 ወይም ጥልቅ ስሜት እንደ መቃብር8፥6 ዕብራይስጡ ሲኦል ይለዋል ጨካኝ ናትና፤
እንደሚንቦገቦግ እሳት፣
እንደ ኀይለኛም ነበልባል ትነድዳለች።8፥6 ወይም እንደ እግዚአብሔር ነበልባል
7የውሃ ብዛት ፍቅርን ሊያጠፋ አይችልም፤
ፈሳሾችም አያሰጥሟትም፤
ሰው የቤቱን ሀብት ሁሉ
ስለ ፍቅር ቢሰጥ
ፈጽሞ ይናቃል።
ባልንጀሮቿ
8ትንሽ እኅት አለችን፤
ጡትም ገና አላወጣችም፤
ስለ እርሷ በምንጠየቅበት ቀን
ምን ማድረግ እንችል ይሆን?
9እርሷ ቅጥር ብትሆን፣
በላይዋ የብር መጠበቂያ ማማ እንሠራባታለን፤
በር ብትሆን፣
በዝግባ ዕንጨት እንከልላታለን።
ሙሽራዪቱ
10እነሆ እኔ ቅጥር ነኝ፤
ጡቶቼም እንደ ማማ ግንቦች ናቸው፤
እኔም በዐይኖቹ ፊት፣
ሰላምን እንደሚያመጣ ሰው ሆንሁ።
11ሰሎሞን በብኤላሞን የወይን ተክል ቦታ ነበረው፤
የወይኑን ተክል ቦታም ለአትክልተኞች አከራየው፤
እያንዳንዳቸውም የፍሬውን ዋጋ፣
አንድ አንድ ሺሕ ሰቅል ብር ያመጡለት ነበር።
12የወይኔ ተክል ቦታ የራሴ፣ የግሌ ነው፤
ሰሎሞን ሆይ፤ አንድ ሺሁ ሰቅል ለአንተ፤
ፍሬውን ለሚጠብቁ ደግም ሁለት መቶ ይሁን።
ሙሽራው
13አንቺ በአትክልቱ ቦታ የምትኖሪ ሆይ፤
ባልንጀሮቼ ድምፅሽን ይሰማሉ፤
እስቲ እኔም ልስማው።
ሙሽራዪቱ
14ውዴ ሆይ፤ ቶሎ ናልኝ፤
ሚዳቋን፣
ወይም በቅመም ተራራ ላይ የሚዘልል፣
የዋሊያን ግልገል ምሰል።
1“I wish you were like a brother to me.
I wish my mother’s breasts had nursed you.
Then if I found you outside,
I could kiss you.
No one would look down on me.
2I’d bring you to my mother’s house.
She taught me everything I know.
I’d give you spiced wine to drink.
It’s the juice of my pomegranates.
3Your left arm is under my head.
Your right arm is around me.
4Women of Jerusalem, make me a promise.
Don’t stir up love.
Don’t wake it up until it’s ready.”
The other women say
5“Who is this woman coming up from the desert?
She’s leaning on the one who loves her.”
The woman says to the king
“Under the apple tree I woke you up.
That’s where your mother became pregnant with you.
She went into labor, and you were born there.
6Hold me close to your heart where your royal seal is worn.
Keep me as close to yourself as the bracelet on your arm.
My love for you is so strong it won’t let you go.
Love is as powerful as death.
Love’s jealousy is as strong as the grave.
Love is like a blazing fire.
Love burns like a mighty flame.
7No amount of water can put it out.
Rivers can’t sweep it away.
Suppose someone offers
all their wealth to buy love.
That won’t even come close to being enough.”
The woman’s brothers say
8“We have a little sister.
Her breasts are still small.
What should we do for our sister
when she gets engaged?
9If she were a wall,
we’d build silver towers on her.
If she were a door,
we’d cover her with cedar boards.”
The woman says to the king
10“I am a wall.
My breasts are like well-built towers.
So in your eyes I’ve become
like someone who makes you happy.
11Solomon, you had a vineyard in Baal Hamon.
You rented your vineyard to others.
They had to pay 25 pounds
of silver for its fruit.
12But I can give my own vineyard to anyone I want to.
So I give my 25 pounds of silver to you, Solomon.
Give 5 pounds to those who take care of its fruit.”
The king says
13“My love, you live in the gardens.
My friends listen for your voice.
But let me hear it now.”
The woman says
14“Come away with me, my love.
Be like an antelope
or like a young deer
on mountains that are full of spices.”
