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
Mpendwa
12:1 1Nya 27:29; Hos 14:5; Wim 5:13; Isa 55:1Mimi ni ua la Sharoni,
yungiyungi ya bondeni.
Mpenzi
2Kama yungiyungi katikati ya miiba
ndivyo alivyo mpenzi wangu katikati ya wanawali.
Mpendwa
32:3 Mwa 3:6; Wim 1:4, 14; 4:16Kama mti wa mtofaa miongoni mwa miti ya msituni
ndivyo alivyo mpenzi wangu
miongoni mwa wanaume vijana.
Ninafurahia kuketi kivulini mwa mwanaume huyu,
na tunda lake ni tamu kwangu.
42:4 Es 1:11; Hes 1:52Amenichukua mpaka kwenye ukumbi wa karamu,
na bendera ya huyu mwanaume
juu yangu ni upendo.
52:5 Wim 7:8; 5:8Nitie nguvu kwa zabibu kavu,
niburudishe kwa matofaa,
kwa maana ninazimia kwa mapenzi.
62:6 Wim 8:3Mkono wake wa kushoto uko chini ya kichwa changu,
na mkono wake wa kuume unanikumbatia.
72:7 Wim 5:8; 3:5; 8:4Binti za Yerusalemu, ninawaagiza
kwa paa na kwa ayala wa shambani:
Msichochee wala kuamsha mapenzi
hata yatakapotaka yenyewe.
Shairi La Pili
Mpendwa
82:8 Wim 8:14Sikiliza! Mpenzi wangu!
Tazama! Huyu hapa anakuja,
akirukaruka juu milimani
akizunguka juu ya vilima.
92:9 2Sam 2:18; Wim 8:14Mpenzi wangu ni kama paa au ayala kijana.
Tazama! Anasimama nyuma ya ukuta wetu,
akitazama kupitia madirishani,
akichungulia kimiani.
10Mpenzi wangu alizungumza na kuniambia,
“Inuka, mpenzi wangu,
mrembo wangu, tufuatane.
11Tazama! Wakati wa masika umepita,
mvua imekwisha na ikapita.
12Maua yanatokea juu ya nchi;
majira ya kuimba yamewadia,
sauti za njiwa zinasikika
katika nchi yetu.
132:13 Nah 3:12; Wim 7:122:13 Mik 7:1; Isa 28:4; Yer 24:2; Hos 9:10Mtini unatunga matunda yake ya mwanzoni,
zabibu zinazochanua zaeneza harufu nzuri.
Inuka, njoo mpenzi wangu.
Mrembo wangu, tufuatane.”
Mpenzi
142:14 Wim 8:13; Mwa 8:8; Wim 1:15Hua wangu penye nyufa za majabali,
mafichoni pembezoni mwa mlima,
nionyeshe uso wako,
na niisikie sauti yako,
kwa maana sauti yako ni tamu,
na uso wako unapendeza.
152:15 Amu 15:4; Wim 7:12; Eze 13:4; Za 80:13Tukamatie mbweha,
mbweha wale wadogo
wanaoharibu mashamba ya mizabibu,
mashamba yetu ya mizabibu yaliyochanua.
Mpendwa
162:16 Wim 7:10; 4:5; 6:3Mpenzi wangu ni wangu, nami ni wake,
yeye hujilisha katikati ya yungiyungi.
172:17 Wim 4:6; 1:14; Rum 13:12Mpaka jua linapochomoza,
na vivuli vikimbie,
rudi, mpenzi wangu,
na uwe kama paa,
au kama ayala kijana
juu ya vilima vya Betheri.
