The king says to the Shulammite woman
1“You are so beautiful, my love!
So beautiful!
Your eyes behind your veil are like doves.
Your hair flows like a flock of black goats
coming down from the hills of Gilead.
2Your teeth are as clean as a flock of sheep.
Their wool has just been clipped.
They have just come up from being washed.
Each of your teeth has its twin.
Not one of them is alone.
3Your lips are like a bright red ribbon.
Your mouth is so lovely.
Your cheeks behind your veil
are like the halves of a pomegranate.
4Your neck is strong and beautiful like the tower of David.
That tower is built with rows of stones.
A thousand shields are hanging on it.
All of them belong to mighty soldiers.
5Your breasts are lovely.
They are like two young antelopes
that eat among the lilies.
6I will go to the mountain of myrrh.
I’ll go to the hill of incense.
I’ll stay there until the day begins
and the shadows fade away.
7Every part of you is so beautiful, my love.
There is no flaw in you.
8“Come with me from Lebanon, my bride.
Come with me from Lebanon.
Come down from the top of Mount Amana.
Come down from the top of Senir.
Come to me from the peak of Mount Hermon.
Leave the dens where the lions live.
Leave the places in the mountains where the leopards stay.
9My bride, you have stolen my heart
with one glance of your eyes.
My sister, you have stolen my heart
with one jewel in your necklace.
10My bride, your love is so delightful.
My sister, your love makes me happier than wine does.
Your perfume smells better than any spice.
11Your lips are as sweet as honey, my bride.
Milk and honey are under your tongue.
Your clothes smell like the cedar trees in Lebanon.
12My bride, you are like a garden that is locked up.
My sister, you are like a spring of water that has a fence around it.
You are like a fountain that is sealed up.
13You are like trees whose branches are loaded
with pomegranates, fine fruits, henna and nard,
14with nard and saffron, cane and cinnamon.
You are like every kind of incense tree.
You have myrrh, aloes
and all the finest spices.
15You are like a fountain in a garden.
You are like a well of flowing water
streaming down from Lebanon.”
The woman says
16“Wake up, north wind!
Come, south wind!
Blow on my garden.
Then its sweet smell will spread everywhere.
Let my love come into his garden.
Let him taste its fine fruits.”
Aberante:
1Wo ho yɛ fɛ, me dɔfo!
Ao, wo ho yɛ fɛ!
Wʼaniwa a ɛhyehyɛ wo nkataanim mu no te sɛ aborɔnoma.
Wo nwi te sɛ mpapokuw a
wɔresian Gilead Bepɔw.
2Wo se te sɛ nguankuw a wɔatwitwa wɔn ho nwi foforo,
a wofi aguaree.
Baako mpo nyeraa ɛ.
3Wʼanofafa te sɛ koogyan hama;
wʼano yɛ fɛ.
Wʼasontɔre a ɛhyɛ wo nkataanim mu
te sɛ ntunkum aduaba fa.
4Wo kɔn te sɛ Dawid abantenten,
a wɔasi no fɛɛfɛ;
na akokyɛm apem sensɛn ho,
a ne nyinaa yɛ akofo kyɛm.
5Wo nufu te sɛ atwemma abien,
atwemma nta a
wodidi wɔ sukooko mu.
6Enkosi sɛ ade bɛkye,
ama honhom aguan no,
mɛkɔ kurobow bepɔw
ne aduhuam nkoko no so.
7Me dɔfo, wo ho yɛ fɛ papa;
wo ho nni dɛm biara.
8Ma yemfi Lebanon, mʼayeforo,
wo ne me mfi Lebanon nkɔ.
Sian fi Amana atifi bra,
fi Senir atifi, Hermon apampam hɔ,
fi gyata buw mu
ne mmepɔw a asebɔ dɛɛdɛɛ hɔ.
9Woagye me koma abɔ so, me nuabea, mʼayeforo;
woagye me koma abɔ so;
wode wʼani a ɛbɔɔ me so,
ne wo kɔnmuade mu ɔbohemaa baako.
10Wo dɔ yɛ anigye, me nuabea, mʼayeforo!
Hwɛ, wo dɔ sɔ ani sen bobesa,
na wʼaduhuam yɛ huam sen pɛprɛ biara.
11Asɛm dɛdɛ fi wʼano sɛ ɛwokyɛm, mʼayeforo;
nufusu ne ɛwo wɔ wo tɛkrɛma ase.
Wo ntade mu hua te sɛ Lebanon de.
12Wote sɛ turo a wɔato ano pon mu, me nuabea, mʼayeforo;
woyɛ asuti a wɔagye ho ban, asubura a wɔasɔw ano.
13Wo nnua yɛ nnuabafuw so ntunkum
a ɛsow aba pa,
ahuahaa ne nnuannua,
14nnuannua ne mmetire,
osiko ne sinamon,
a ohuamfufu nnua ahorow,
kurobow ne dupapo
ne pɛprɛ papa ahorow nyinaa ka ho.
15Woyɛ asubura turo,
abura a nsu sen fi mu
a ɛsen fi Lebanon.
Ababaa:
16Sɔre, atifi fam mframa!
Bra, anafo fam mframa!4.16 Mframa a ɛbɔ fi atifi fam no mu dwo enti ɛma nnuaba yɛ foforo daa. Mframa a ɛbɔ fi anafo fam no mu yɛ hyew na ɛma nnuaba no bere. Ne abien ka bɔ mu a, ɛma mframa a ɛyɛ huam fa turo no mu.
Bɔ fa me turo mu,
sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a ne hua no begyigye afa baabiara.
Ma me dɔfo mmra ne turo mu
na ɔmmɛka ne nnuaba papa no nhwɛ.
