Ngingowesithandwa Sami
Amadodakazi aseJerusalema athi azomsiza ukufuna, yena aphendule ukuthi uyazi lapho eye khona. Owesilisa uyamdumisa: izindlovukazi ezingamashumi ayisithupha nabesifazane abangenakubalwa, kodwa yena uyedwa kuphela. Bese ababukeli bebiza umShulamikazi ukuba abuye bambuke.
6 1Uyephi isithandwa sakho, wena omuhle kunabo bonke abesifazane? Isithandwa sakho sibheke ngakuphi, ukuze simfune kanye nawe?
2Isithandwa sami sehlele ensimini yaso, emibhedeni yamakha, ukuze sidle phakathi kwezingadi nokukha iminduze.
3Mina ngingowesithandwa sami, nesithandwa sami singesami; sidla phakathi kweminduze.
4Umuhle, sithandwa sami, njengeThiriza, ubukeka njengeJerusalema, uyesabeka njengebutho elinamafulegi. a a v4 IThiriza kwakuyidolobha lasebukhosini lasendulo elalidume ngobuhle balo, elihlanganiswe lapha neJerusalema njengamadolobha amahle kunawo wonke.
5Susa amehlo akho kimi, ngokuba angikhulela. Izinwele zakho zinjengomhlambi wezimbuzi owehla usuka eGileyadi. 6Amazinyo akho anjengomhlambi wezimvukazi ezikhuphuke ekugezweni, zonke zizele amawele, akukho neyodwa phakathi kwazo elahlekelwe amazinyane ayo. 7Izihlathi zakho zinjengezingxenye zepomegranati ngemuva kweveli lakho.
8Kukhona amakhosikazi angamashumi ayisithupha nezancinza ezingamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, nezintombi ezingenakubalwa, 9kodwa ijuba lami, ophelele wami, unguyedwa, uyindodakazi eyodwa kanina, intandokazi yalowo owamzalayo. Izintombi zambona zambiza ngothi ubusisiwe; amakhosikazi nezancinza bamdumisa nabo.
10Ngubani lo okhanya njengokusa, omuhle njengenyanga, okhazimulayo njengelanga, oyesabeka njengebutho elinamafulegi?
11Ngehlela ensimini yamantongomane ukuyobuka izimbali zesigodi, ukubona ukuthi umvini usuhlumile yini, nokuthi amapomegranati asekhahlele yini.
12Ngingakaqapheli, isifiso sami sangibeka phakathi kwezinqola zempi zabantu bami abahloniphekile.
13Buya, buya, Shulamikazi; buya, buya, ukuze sikubuke. Nimbukelani umShulamikazi, njengasemdansweni wezinkambu ezimbili? b b v13 'Umdanso wezinkambu ezimbili' ufanekisa umbukiso omuhle owenziwa phakathi kwemigqa emibili yababukeli ababhekene.