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
Ababaawa:
1Meyɛ Saron nhwiren2.1 Yɛhunu Saron nhwiren wɔ Karmel mpoano anafoɔ fam.
ne bɔnhwa mu sukooko.
Aberanteɛ:
2Sɛdeɛ sukooko a ɛwɔ nkasɛɛ mu teɛ no
saa ara na me dɔfoɔ te wɔ mmabaawa mu.
Ababaawa:
3Sɛdeɛ aprɛ teɛ wɔ kwaeɛ mu nnua mu no
saa ara na me dɔfoɔ teɛ wɔ mmaranteɛ mu.
Sɛ metena ne nwunu mu a, menya ahomeka
na nʼaba nso yɛ mʼanom dɛ.
4Ɔde me akɔ apontoɔ ase,
na mʼahyɛnsodeɛ yɛ ɔdɔ.
5Momma me bobe aba na menya ahoɔden,
momma me aprɛ na ɛnnwodwo me,
ɛfiri sɛ ɔdɔ ama matɔ baha.
6Ne nsa benkum da mʼatikɔ,
na ne nsa nifa aka me afam ne bo.
7Yerusalem mmammaa, mehyɛ mo sɛ,
Momfa wiram atwewa ne ɔforoteɛ nka ntam sɛ
morennyane, na morenhwanyane ɔdɔ mu
kɔsi ɛberɛ a ɛsɛ mu.
8Tie! Me dɔfoɔ!
Hwɛ! Ɔno na ɔreba no,
ɔrehurihuri wɔ mmepɔ no so
na ɔbɔ pentenkwa wɔ nkokoɔ no so.
9Me dɔfoɔ te sɛ ɔtwe anaa ɔforoteɛ.
Hwɛ! Ɔgyina yɛn ɔfasuo akyi,
ɔhwɛ mpomma no mu,
wagyene nʼani hwɛ ntokua no mu.
10Me dɔfoɔ kasa kyerɛɛ me sɛ,
“Sɔre, me dɔfoɔ ne mʼahoɔfɛ
na bra me nkyɛn.
11Hwɛ! Awɔberɛ atwam;
na osutɔ atwam kɔ.
12Nhwiren afifiri asase ani:
nnwontoɔ berɛ aso.
Wɔte mmorɔnoma su
wɔ yɛn asase so.
13Borɔdɔma agu nhyerɛnne;
na bobe hwa agye baabiara.
Sɔre bra, me dɔfoɔ;
mʼahoɔfɛ bra me nkyɛn.”
Aberanteɛ:
14Mʼaborɔnoma a wohyɛ abotan ntokuro mu
ahinta wɔ mmepɔ so,
ma me nhunu 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 frɔmm no.
Ababaawa:
16Me dɔfoɔ yɛ me dea, na mewɔ no;
ɔhwehwɛ sukooko no mu.
17Ɛnkɔsi sɛ adeɛ bɛkye
na sunsumma bɛsene akɔ no,
dane wo ho me dɔfoɔ,
na yɛ sɛ ɔtwewa
anaa ɔforoteɛ a
ɔwɔ nkokoɔ mmɔnkyi mmɔnka no so.
