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