¹I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

¹Ka huan sungah ka hongpai hi, ka sanggamnu, ka mou: ka murra ka gimnamtui toh ka lakhawmta: ka khuaikhak ka khuaiju tohka netaa; ka uain ka nawitui toh ka dawnta. Aw lawmte, ne un; dawn un, ahi, tampi dawn un, Aw ka ngaihnou.

²I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

²Ka ihmua, himahleh ka lungtang a hak: a kiu ka ngaihnou aw ahi, honhon in, ka sanggamnu, ka it, ka vahui, ka ninbanglou: ka lutang lah daituiin a dima, ka samtum lah jana tuitakin.

³I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

³Ka puannak tung ka suahtaa: bang chiin ka silh nawn dia? ka khepekte ka siltaa; bangchiin ka hihnin dia?

⁴My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.

⁴Ka ngaihnouin kongkhak awngah a khut ahon golh luta, amah jiakin ka lungtang hihlinin a om hi.

⁵I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

⁵Ka ngaihnou hon dingin ka thou taa; ka khutte murrain a taka, ka khutzungte murra tuiin, kalhna hekna tungah.

⁶I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

⁶Ka ngaihnou ka hontaa; himahleh ka ngaihnou a nakik nawna a na omta kei hi. Thu a gen laiin ka khain a honjuausana: amah ka zonga, himahleh hondawng kei hi.

⁷The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

⁷Khopia vialvak vengmiten a honmu ua, a honkhen ua, a honliam sak uh; kulhbang ngakten ka puannak a honlak mang sak uh.

⁸I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.

⁸Ka honngen ahi, Aw Jerusalem tanute, ka ngaihnou na muh uleh, jawlngaiin ka chi a na chih, amah hilh un.

⁹What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

⁹Na ngaihnou, ngaihnou dangsanga a tuansemna bang ahia Aw nang numeite lak a kilawmpen? na ngaihnou ngaihnou dang sanga a tuansemna bang ahia, huchibang na honnget?

¹⁰My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

¹⁰Ka ngaihnou jaw a a san hiuhiaua, sang sawm laka pipen ahi.

¹¹His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

¹¹A lutang dangkaeng hoih penpen bang ahi a, a samtumte a liana, vaak bangin a vom hi.

¹²His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

¹²A mitta lah luita tui kianga vahui bang ahi a; nawituia sil, kituak taka bulh.

¹³His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

¹³A biangte gimnamtui omna bang ahi a, loupa gimlim bil bang: a mukte lah lili pak bang ahia, murra tui takkhe sakin.

¹⁴His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

¹⁴A khutte dangkaeng zungbuh beril suangmantam siatna bang ahi: a pumpi saihaa bawl saphir suangmantama luan bang ahi.

¹⁵His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

¹⁵A khete suangpak khuam, dangkaeng hoihte kuaka kitung bang ahi: a kilatdan Lebanon bang, sidar banga thupi ahi.A kam a khum penpen a: ahi, a ngaihhuai tuntun hi. Hiai ka ngaihnou ahi a, hiai ka lawm ahi. Aw Jerusalem tanute.

¹⁶His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

¹⁶A kam a khum penpen a: ahi, a ngaihhuai tuntun hi. Hiai ka ngaihnou ahi a, hiai ka lawm ahi. Aw Jerusalem tanute.