Song of Solomon 5
1 Sengingenile esivandeni sami, dadewethu, makoti wami! Sengiyibuthile imure yami namakha ami, sengiwadlile amakhekheba ami noju lwami, ngaphuza iwayini lami nobisi lwami. Yidlani bangani, niphuze, niphuze neneliseke, zithandwa.
2 Bengilele, kodwa inhliziyo yami ibhekile; ngezwa izwi lothandiweyo wami engqongqoza! “Ngivulele dadewethu, sithandwa sami, juba lami, wena opheleleyo wami, ngokuba ikhanda lami ligcwele amazolo; imiyeko yami, ngamaconsi asebusuku.”
3 Sengiyikhumulile ingubo yami, ngingaphinde ngiyigqoke kanjani? Sengizigezile izinyawo zami, sengingazigcoliselani na?
4 Othandiweyo wami wangenisa isandla sakhe embotsheni, izibilini zami zamlangazelela.
5 Ngavuka ngamvulela othandiweyo wami, izandla zami zaconsa imure, nemure eyayiseminweni yami, yagelezela phezu kwezibambo zesihluthulelo.
6 Ngamvulela othandiweyo wami, kodwa othandiweyo wami wayesejike wahamba, umphefumulo wami wephuka lapho esephendukele eceleni, ngamfuna kodwa ngangamthola, ngambiza, akaze angiphendula.
7 Ngatholwa ngabaqaphi ababehla benyuka emzini, bangishaya, bangilimaza, abaqaphi bezingange bangihlubula ingubo yami.
8 Madodakazi aseJerusalema fungani! Uma nimthola othandiweyo wami, niyomtshela yini ukuthi ngiyazifela ngaye na?
9 Othandiweyo wakho ubedlula ngani abanye, wena omuhle phakathi kwabo bonke abesifazane na? Othandiweyo wakho ubedlula ngani abanye, ukuze usifungise kanjalo na?
10 Othandiweyo wami uyakhazimula ngobumhlophe, ubomvu, uyakhanga phakathi kweshumi lezinkulungwane.
11 Ikhanda lakhe liyigolide, igolide loqobo elicolisekileyo. Imiyeko yakhe mikhulu njengehlathi, imnyama njengegwababa.
12 Amehlo akhe anjengamajuba ngasemiseleni yamanzi, agezwe ngobisi ehleli ngasemiseleni egcwele.
13 Izihlathi zakhe zifana nombhede wamakha, imibhoshongo yamakhambi anephunga elimnandi. Izindebe zakhe zomlomo zifana neminduze econsa imure emanzi.
14 Izingalo zakhe ziyizindilinga zegolide ezigcwaliswe ngamakhrisolithe. Umzimba wakhe ungathi wenziwe ngophondo lwendlovu, wembozwa ngamasafire.
15 Imilenze yakhe iyizinsika zemabuli ezibekwe phezu kwezisekelo zegolide loqobo. Isiqu sakhe sifana neLebhanoni, sinjengemisedari ekhethekileyo.
16 Okuphuma emlonyeni wakhe kumnandi, konke ayikho kuyanxaneleka. Yilowo othandiweyo wami, yilowo-ke ongumngani wami, madodakazi aseJerusalema.