¹Whither hath thy beloved gone, O fair among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned, And we seek him with thee?

¹Nankaiza ny malalanao, ry tsara tarehy amin'ny vehivavy? Nivily nankaiza ny malalanao? Mba hiarahanay aminao hitady azy.

²My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

²Lasa nidina ho any an-tsahany ny malalako, dia any amin'ny tanim-boninkazo misy zava-manitra eo an-tsaha, hiandry ny ondriny eny amin'ny tanimboly sy hioty ny lilia.

³I [am] my beloved`s, and my beloved [is] mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.

³An'ny malalako aho, ary ahy ny malalako, dia ilay miandry ny ondry andiany eny amin'ny lilia.

⁴Fair [art] thou, my friend, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.

⁴Tsara tarehy tahaka an'i Tirza ianao, ry tompokovavy havako, eny, tsara tarehy tahaka an'i Jerosalema, mahatahotra toy ny antokon'ny miaramila mitondra faneva.

⁵Turn round thine eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Thy hair [is] as a row of the goats, That have shone from Gilead,

⁵Avilio ny masonao tsy hijery ahy, Fa mampiontanontana ny foko izy; Ny volonao dia tahaka ny osy andiany, izay mandriandry eny ankilan'i Gileada.

⁶Thy teeth as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.

⁶Ny nifinao dia tahaka ny ondrivavy andiany, izay miakatra avy eo amin'ny fampandroana; Samy kambana avy ireo. Fa tsy misy tsy mana-manana,

⁷As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil.

⁷Tahaka ny hasin'ampongaben-danitra ny takolakao eo amin'ny fisalobonanao.[Na : ny volonao milantolanto]

⁸Sixty are queens, and eighty concubines, And virgins without number.

⁸Misy mpanjakavavy enim-polo sy vaditsindrano valo-polo ary zatovovavy tsy hita isa.

⁹One is my dove, my perfect one, One she [is] of her mother, The choice one she [is] of her that bare her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her happy, Queens and concubines, and they praise her.

⁹Fa iray monja kosa no voromailalako, dia ilay ahy tsy misy kilema, vavy tokan-dreniny sady tsongaina amin'izay naterany. Ny zazavavy nahita azy ka nanao azy ho sambatra, eny, ny mpanjakavavy sy ny vaditsindrano, ka nidera azy.

¹⁰`Who [is] this that is looking forth as morning, Fair as the moon — clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?`

¹⁰Iza moa io vehivavy mitsidika toy ny maraina, izay tsara tarehy tahaka ny volana, madio toy ny masoandro sady mahatahotra toy ny antokon'ny miaramila mitondra faneva?

¹¹Unto a garden of nuts I went down, To look on the buds of the valley, To see whither the vine had flourished, The pomegranates had blossomed —

¹¹Lasa nidina nantany an-tsaha tsara hazo aho, hijerijery ny zava-maitso an-dohasaha, hizaha raha mitsimoka ny voaloboka sy mamony ny ampongaben-danitra.[Heb. an-tanin'egoza]Tsy nampoiziko ny nanandratan'ny fanahiko ahy ho eo amin'ny kalesin'ny fireneko be voninahitra.

¹²I knew not my soul, It made me — chariots of my people Nadib.

¹²Tsy nampoiziko ny nanandratan'ny fanahiko ahy ho eo amin'ny kalesin'ny fireneko be voninahitra.

¹³Return, return, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look upon thee. What do ye see in Shulammith?