¹The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

¹Rwiyo rukuru rwaSoromoni.

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

²Ngaanditsvode nokutsvoda komuromo wake; nekuti rudo rwako rwakanaka kupfuura waini.

³Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

³Zvizoro zvako zvinonhuhwira zvakanaka; Zita rako rakaita samafuta akadururwa; Saka mhandara dzinokuda.

⁴Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

⁴Ndikwevere kwauri; tichakutevera tichimhanya; Mambo wakandiisa mudzimba dzake dzomukati; Tichafara nokukufarira zvikuru iwe; Ticharumbidza rudo rwako kupfuura waini; Zvakarurama zvavakakuda.

⁵I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

⁵Ndakasviba, asi ndakanaka hangu, imwi vakunda veJerusaremu, Samatende eKedhari, Semicheka yakaremberedzwa yaSoromoni.

⁶Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

⁶Musanditarira, zvandakasviba, nekuti zuva rakandipisa. Vanakomana vamai vangu vakanditsamwira, Vakandiita murindikadzi weminda yemizambiringa; Asi munda wangu wemizambiringa handina kuuchengeta.

⁷Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

⁷Ndiudze iwe, unodikamwa nomweya wangu, Kuti unofudza boka rako kupi, Kuti unorizorodza kupi masikati; nekuti ndichaitirei somunhu akafukidzwa kumeso Pakati pamapoka eshamwari dzako?

⁸If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

⁸Kana usingazivi, iwe unopfuura vakadzi vose nokunaka, Tevera makwara amapoka, Ufudze makwayana ako kurutivi rwamatende avafudzi.

⁹I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

⁹Ndakakufananidzira iwe, shamwari yangu, Nebhizagadzi pakati pengoro dzaFarao.

¹⁰Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

¹⁰Matama ako akanaka pakati pezvirukwa zvevhudzi; Mutsipa wako nezvibwe zvinokosha zvakatungirwa.

¹¹We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

¹¹Tichakuitira zvirukwa zvendarama Nezvuma zvesirivha.

¹²While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

¹²Nguva yose mambo agere patafura yake, Nadho yangu yakabudisa kunhuhwira kwayo.

¹³A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

¹³Mudiwa wangu akaita kwandiri sehombodo yemura, Inogara pakati pamazamu angu.

¹⁴My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

¹⁴Mudiwa wangu akaita kwandiri sesumbu ramaruva ehena, Paminda yemizambiringa paEngedhi.

¹⁵Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

¹⁵Tarira, wakanaka, shamwari yangu; Tarira, wakanaka; Meso ako akafanana neenjiva.

¹⁶Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

¹⁶Tarira, wakanaka, mudiwa wangu, zvirokwazvo, unofadza; Uvato bwedu ndipo pabumhudza.

¹⁷The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

¹⁷Matanda edzimba dzedu ndeemisidhari; Mbariro dzayo ndedzemisiperesi.