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.”
Aberanteɛ:
1Wo ho yɛ fɛ, me dɔfoɔ!
Ao, wo ho yɛ fɛ!
Wʼaniwa a ɛhyehyɛ wo nkatanimu mu no te sɛ aborɔnoma.
Wo nwi te sɛ mpapokuo a
wɔresiane Gilead Bepɔ.
2Wo se te sɛ nnwankuo a wɔatwitwa wɔn ho nwi foforɔ,
a wɔfiri adwareɛ.
Wɔnam mmienu mmienu
na wɔn mu biara nyɛ ankonam.
3Wʼanofafa te sɛ koogyan ahoma;
wʼano yɛ fɛ.
Wʼasontorɔ mu a ɛhyɛ wo nkatanimu mu
te sɛ ateaa aduaba fa.
4Wo kɔn te sɛ Dawid abantenten,
a wɔasi no fɛɛfɛ;
na akokyɛm apem sensɛn ho,
a ne nyinaa yɛ akofoɔ kyɛm.
5Wo nufu mmienu te sɛ atwe mma mmienu,
atwe mma ntafoɔ a
wɔdidi wɔ sukooko mu.
6Ɛnkɔ si sɛ adeɛ bɛkye,
ama sunsum adwane no,
mɛkɔ kurobo bepɔ
ne aduhwam nkokoɔ no so.
7Me dɔfoɔ, wo ho yɛ fɛ papa;
wo ho nni ɛdɛm biara.
8Ma yɛn mfiri Lebanon, mʼayeforɔ,
wo ne me mfiri Lebanon nkɔ.
Siane firi Amana atifi bra,
firi Senir atifi, Hermon apampam hɔ,
firi agyata buo mu
ne mmepɔ a asebɔ dɛɛdɛɛ hɔ.
9Woagye mʼakoma abɔ so, me nuabaa, mʼayeforɔ;
woagye mʼakoma abɔ so
wode wʼani a ɛbɔɔ me soɔ,
ne wo kɔnmuadeɛ mu ɔbohemaa baako.
10Wo dɔ yɛ ahomeka, me nuabaa, mʼayeforɔ!
Hwɛ wo dɔ sɔ ani sene bobesa,
na wʼaduhwam yɛ hwam sene pɛperɛ biara.
11Adɔdɔdeɛ firi wʼano sɛ ɛwokyɛm, mʼayeforɔ;
nufosuo ne ɛwoɔ wɔ wo tɛkrɛma ase.
Wo ntadeɛ mu hwa te sɛ Lebanon deɛ.
12Wote sɛ turo a wɔato ano ɛpono mu, me nuabaa, mʼayeforɔ;
woyɛ asutire a wɔagye ho ban, asubura a wɔasɔ ano.
13Wo nnua yɛ nnuabafuo so ateaa
a ɛso aba pa,
ahuahaa ne nnuannua,
14nnuannua ne mmɛtire,
osiko ne sinamon,
a ohwamfufuo nnua hodoɔ,
kurobo ne dupapoɔ
ne pɛperɛ papa ahodoɔ nyinaa ka ho.
15Woyɛ turo mu asubura.
Woyɛ ɔtadeɛ a nsuo tene firi mu
sane firi Lebanon.
Ababaawa:
16Sɔre, atifi fam mframa!
Bra, anafoɔ fam mframa!4.16 Mframa a ɛbɔ firi atifi fam no mu dwo enti ɛma nnuaba yɛ foforɔ daa. Mframa a ɛbɔ firi anafoɔ fam no mu yɛ hye na ɛma nnuaba no bere. Ne mmienu ka bɔ mu a, ɛma mframa a ɛyɛ hwam fa turo no mu.
Bɔ fa me turo mu,
sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a ne hwa no bɛgyegye hɔ.
Ma me dɔfoɔ mmra ne turo mu
na ɔmmɛka ne nnuaba papa no nhwɛ.
