SheOr He
1I am a rose2:1 Probably a member of the crocus family of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.
He
2Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the young women.
She
3Like an apple2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4Let him lead me to the banquet hall,
and let his banner over me be love.
5Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
6His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.
7Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
8Listen! My beloved!
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.
9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.
10My beloved spoke and said to me,
“Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, come with me.
11See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
12Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
13The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.”
He
14My dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the hiding places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
15Catch for us the foxes,
the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,
our vineyards that are in bloom.
She
16My beloved is mine and I am his;
he browses among the lilies.
17Until the day breaks
and the shadows flee,
turn, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag
on the rugged hills.2:17 Or the hills of Bether
Ababaa:
1Meyɛ Saron nhwiren2.1 Yehu Saron nhwiren wɔ Karmel mpoano anafo fam.
ne abon mu sukooko.
Aberante:
2Sɛnea sukooko a ɛwɔ nsɔe mu te no,
saa ara na me dɔfo te wɔ mmabaa mu.
Ababaa:
3Sɛnea aprɛ te wɔ kwae mu nnua mu no,
saa ara na me dɔfo te wɔ mmerante mu.
Sɛ metena ne nwini mu a minya ahomeka
na nʼaba nso yɛ mʼanom dɛ.
4Ɔde me akɔ aponto ase,
na mʼagyiraehyɛde yɛ ɔdɔ.
5Momma me bobe aba na minya ahoɔden,
momma me aprɛ na ennwudwo me,
efisɛ ɔdɔ ama matɔ beraw.
6Ne nsa benkum da mʼatiko,
na ne nsa nifa aka me afam ne bo.
7Yerusalem mmabea, mede atwewa
ne wuram ɔforote hyɛ mo sɛ:
Monnkanyan na munnyan ɔdɔ
kosi bere a ɛsɛ mu.
8Tie! me dɔfo!
Hwɛ! ɔno na ɔreba no,
ɔrehuruhuruw wɔ mmepɔw no so
na ɔbɔ pentenkwa wɔ nkoko no so.
9Me dɔfo te sɛ ɔtwe anaa ɔforote.
Hwɛ! ogyina yɛn fasu akyi,
ɔhwɛ mfɛnsere no mu,
wagyen nʼani rehwɛ mfɛnsere no mu.
10Me dɔfo kasa kyerɛɛ me se,
“Sɔre, me dɔfo ne mʼahoɔfɛ
na bra me nkyɛn.
11Hwɛ! awɔwbere atwa mu;
na asusow atwa mu kɔ.
12Nhwiren afifi asase ani:
nnwonto bere aso.
Wɔte mmorɔnoma su
wɔ yɛn asase so.
13Borɔdɔma agu nhwiren;
na bobe hua agye baabiara.
Sɔre bra, me dɔfo;
mʼahoɔfɛ, bra me nkyɛn.”
Aberante:
14Mʼaborɔnoma a wohyɛ abotan ntokuru mu,
ahintaw wɔ mmepɔw so,
ma minhu 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 frɔmfrɔm no.
Ababaa:
16Me dɔfo yɛ me dea, na mewɔ no;
ɔhwehwɛ sukooko no mu.
17Enkosi sɛ ade bɛkyɛ
na sunsuma bɛsen akɔ no,
dan wo ho, me dɔfo,
na yɛ sɛ ɔtwewa
anaa ɔforote a
ɔwɔ nkoko mmonkyi mmonka no so.
