¹O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

¹Aiwa, dai wakange wakaita sehanzvadzi yangu, Akamwa mazamu amai vangu! Dai ndakuwana panze, ndakutsvoda; Zvirokwazvo, hakuna aindishora.

²I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

²Ndaienda newe, ndikakuisa mumba mamai vangu Ivo vandidzidzise; Ndaikupa waini yakavhenganiswa nezvinonhuhwira kuti uimwe, Nomukumbi wamatamba angu.

³His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

³Ruoko rwake rworuboshwe ngaruve pasi pomusoro wangu, Ruoko rwake rworudyi ngarundimbundikire.

⁴I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

⁴Ndinokupikirai, imwi vakunda veJerusaremu, Kuti murege kupfutidza kana kumutsa rudo kusvikira ada omene.

⁵Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

⁵Ndianiko uyo anokwira achibva kurenje, Akasendamira pamudiwa wake? Pasi pomuapuri ndipo pandakakumutsa; Ndipo pakakutamburira mai vako, Ndipo pavakakutamburira, ivo vakakubereka.

⁶Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

⁶Ndishonge sechisimbiso pamoyo pako, Sechisimbiso paruoko rwako; nekuti rudo rune simba sorufu; Godo rinokuvadza seSheori; Kupisa kwaro ndiko kupisa komoto,

⁷Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

⁷Mvura zhinji haigoni kudzima rudo; Nzizi hadzingarubitirisi; Kunyange munhu akapa fuma yose yeimba yake kuti awane rudo, Angazvidzwa chose.

⁸We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

⁸Tine chinin'ina, Chigere kuva namazamu; Tichadiniko nechinin'ina chedu Nezuva raachakumbirwa?

⁹If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

⁹Kana ari rusvingo, Tichavaka pamusoro pake kashongwe kesirivheri Kana ari mukova, Tichamukomberedza namapuranga emisidhari.

¹⁰I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

¹⁰Ini ndaiva rusvingo, mazamu angu akaita shongwe dzarwo; Panguva iyo ndakava pamberi pake somunhu akawana rugare.

¹¹Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

¹¹Soromoni akanga ano munda wemizambiringa paBhaarihamoni, Akaisa munda uyo kuvatariri; Mumwe nomumwe aifanira kumuvigira masirivha ane gumi ramazana pamusoro pezvibereko zvawo.

¹²My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

¹²Munda wangu wemizambiringa, iwo wangu, uri pamberi pangu; Iwe Soromoni, uchapiwa gumi ramazana, Navanochengeta zvibereko zvawo vachapiwa mazana maviri.

¹³Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

¹³Iwe, unogara muminda, Shamwari dzako dzinoteerera inzwi rako; Nditendere ini ndirinzwewo.

¹⁴Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

¹⁴Kurumidza, mudiwa wangu, Uve semharapara kana mwana wenondo Pamusoro pamakomo ezvinonhuhwira.