Mulibe Chilema mwa Iwe
Mwamuna akutamanda mkazi chiwalo ndi chiwalo, akumutcha mkwatibwi wake ndi mlongo wake, nati alibe chilema chilichonse. Iye ndi munda wotsekedwa, kasupe wosindikizidwa, wake yekha. Pomaliza mkazi akuyankha, akuitana mphepo ndipo akutsegula yekha munda umenewo.
4 1Ndiwe wokongola bwanji, chikondi changa, ndiwe wokongola bwanji! Maso ako ali ngati nkhunda kuseri kwa chophimba chako. Tsitsi lako lili ngati gulu la mbuzi zikutsika m'matsetsereka a Giliyadi. 2Mano ako ali ngati gulu la nkhosa zazikazi zometedwa kumene, zikukwera kuchokera kosamba, iliyonse ili ndi mapasa, ndipo palibe imodzi mwa izo imene yataya mwana wake. 3Milomo yako ili ngati ulusi wofiira, ndipo pakamwa pako pokongola. Masaya ako ali ngati theka la chipatso cha makomamanga kuseri kwa chophimba chako. 4Khosi lako lili ngati nsanja ya Davide, yomangidwa m'mizere ya miyala; pa iyo palendewera zishango 1,000, chilichonse ndi chishango cha wankhondo. 5Mawere ako awiri ali ngati ana a mbawala awiri, mapasa a insa, akudya pakati pa maluwa. 6Mpaka tsiku litapume ndipo mithunzi ithawe, ndidzapita ku phiri la mure ndi ku chitunda cha lubani. 7Ndiwe wokongola kotheratu, chikondi changa; mulibe chilema mwa iwe.
8Bwera nane kuchokera ku Lebanoni, mkwatibwi wanga; bwera nane kuchokera ku Lebanoni. Yang'ana pansi kuchokera pamsonga wa Amana, kuchokera pamsonga wa Seniri ndi Herimoni, kuchokera ku mapanga a mikango, kuchokera ku malo a mapiri a akambuku. 9Wagwira mtima wanga, mlongo wanga, mkwatibwi wanga; wagwira mtima wanga ndi kapenyedwe kamodzi ka maso ako, ndi mwala umodzi wa mkanda wako wa pakhosi. 10Chikondi chako nchokongola bwanji, mlongo wanga, mkwatibwi wanga! Chikondi chako nchabwino koposa vinyo, ndipo fungo la mafuta ako liposa zonunkhiritsa zonse! 11Milomo yako ikudontha uchi wa maluwa, mkwatibwi wanga; uchi ndi mkaka zili pansi pa lilime lako, ndipo fungo la zovala zako lili ngati fungo la Lebanoni.
12Munda wotsekedwa ndiye mlongo wanga, mkwatibwi wanga, kasupe wotsekedwa, chitsime chosindikizidwa. 13Nthambi zako ndi munda wa makomamanga wokhala ndi zipatso zabwino koposa, hena ndi nado, 14nado ndi safironi, bango lonunkhira ndi sinamoni, pamodzi ndi mtengo uliwonse wa lubani, mure ndi aloe, pamodzi ndi zonunkhiritsa zabwino zonse. a a v14 Bango lonunkhira ndi mtundu wa bango lonunkhira bwino limene limagwiritsidwa ntchito monga chonunkhiritsa. 15Ndiwe kasupe wa m'munda, chitsime cha madzi amoyo, ndi mitsinje yoyenda kuchokera ku Lebanoni. 16Dzuka, mphepo yakumpoto, ndipo bwera, mphepo yakumwera! Uzira pa munda wanga, kuti zonunkhiritsa zake zifalikire. Wokondedwa wanga alowe m'munda wake nadye zipatso zake zabwino koposa.