He
1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.
Friends
Eat, friends, and drink;
drink your fill of love.
She
2I slept but my heart was awake.
Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove, my flawless one.
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night.”
3I have taken off my robe—
must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
must I soil them again?
4My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
my heart began to pound for him.
5I arose to open for my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6I opened for my beloved,
but my beloved had left; he was gone.
My heart sank at his departure.5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke
I looked for him but did not find him.
I called him but he did not answer.
7The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
They beat me, they bruised me;
they took away my cloak,
those watchmen of the walls!
8Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you—
if you find my beloved,
what will you tell him?
Tell him I am faint with love.
Friends
9How is your beloved better than others,
most beautiful of women?
How is your beloved better than others,
that you so charge us?
She
10My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
outstanding among ten thousand.
11His head is purest gold;
his hair is wavy
and black as a raven.
12His eyes are like doves
by the water streams,
washed in milk,
mounted like jewels.
13His cheeks are like beds of spice
yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies
dripping with myrrh.
14His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
decorated with lapis lazuli.
15His legs are pillars of marble
set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as its cedars.
16His mouth is sweetness itself;
he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved, this is my friend,
daughters of Jerusalem.
Mpenzi
15:1 Yoe 3:18; Wim 4:12; 4:16; Isa 55:1Nimekuja kwenye bustani yangu, dada yangu,
bibi arusi wangu;
nimekusanya manemane yangu pamoja
na kikolezo changu.
Nimekula sega langu la asali na asali yangu;
nimekunywa divai yangu na maziwa yangu.
Marafiki
Kuleni, enyi marafiki, mnywe;
kunyweni ya kutosha, ee wapenzi.
Shairi La Nne
Mpendwa
25:2 Efe 5:275:2 Mit 8:4; Wim 6:9; 4:7; 1:15Nililala lakini moyo wangu ulikuwa macho.
Sikiliza! Mpenzi wangu anabisha:
“Nifungulie, dada yangu, mpenzi wangu,
hua wangu, asiye na hitilafu.
Kichwa changu kimeloa umande,
na nywele zangu manyunyu ya usiku.”
3Nimevua joho langu:
je, ni lazima nivae tena?
Nimenawa miguu yangu:
je, ni lazima niichafue tena?
4Mpenzi wangu aliweka mkono wake kwenye tundu la komeo;
moyo wangu ulianza kugonga kwa ajili yake.
5Niliinuka kumfungulia mpenzi wangu,
mikono yangu ikidondosha manemane,
vidole vyangu vikitiririka manemane,
penye vipini vya komeo.
65:6 Wim 6:1-2; 3:15:6 Hos 5:15; Mao 3:8Nilimfungulia mpenzi wangu,
lakini mpenzi wangu alishaondoka;
alikuwa amekwenda zake.
Moyo wangu ulishuka kwa kuondoka kwake.
Nilimtafuta lakini sikumpata.
Nilimwita lakini hakunijibu.
75:7 Wim 3:3Walinzi walinikuta
walipokuwa wakifanya zamu za ulinzi mjini.
Walinipiga, wakanijeruhi,
wakaninyangʼanya joho langu,
hao walinzi wa kuta!
85:8 Wim 2:7; 1:14; 2:5Enyi binti za Yerusalemu, ninawaagiza:
kama mkimpata mpenzi wangu,
mtamwambia nini?
Mwambieni ninazimia kwa mapenzi.
Marafiki
9Je, mpendwa wako ni bora kuliko wengine namna gani,
wewe uliye mzuri kupita wanawake wote?
Je, mpendwa wako ni mzuri kuliko wengine, namna gani,
hata unatuagiza hivyo?
Mpendwa
105:10 Za 45:2Mpenzi wangu anangʼaa, tena ni mwekundu,
wa kuvutia miongoni mwa wanaume kumi elfu.
11Kichwa chake ni dhahabu safi kuliko zote,
nywele zake ni za mawimbi
na ni nyeusi kama kunguru.
125:12 Mwa 49:12; Wim 1:15Macho yake ni kama ya hua
kandokando ya vijito vya maji,
aliyeogeshwa kwenye maziwa,
yaliyopangwa kama vito vya thamani.
13Mashavu yake ni kama matuta ya vikolezo
yakitoa manukato.
Midomo yake ni kama yungiyungi
inayodondosha manemane.
145:14 Ay 28:6Mikono yake ni fimbo za dhahabu
iliyopambwa kwa krisolitho.
Mwili wake ni kama pembe ya ndovu iliyongʼarishwa
iliyopambwa na yakuti samawi.
155:15 1Fal 4:33; Wim 7:4Miguu yake ni nguzo za marmar
zilizosimikwa katika vitako vya dhahabu safi.
Sura yake ni kama Lebanoni,
bora kama miti yake ya mierezi.
165:16 Wim 4:3; 7:9; Yer 31:3; Rum 8:35Kinywa chake chenyewe ni utamu,
kwa ujumla yeye ni wa kupendeza.
Huyu ndiye mpenzi wangu, huyu ndiye rafiki yangu,
ee binti za Yerusalemu.
