¹Who doth make thee as a brother to me, Sucking the breasts of my mother? I find thee without, I kiss thee, Yea, they do not despise me,

¹Enga anie ka ho tahaka ny anadahiko, izay ninono an'ineny, ianao! Dia ho nahita anao teny ala-trano aho ka ho nanoroka anao. Eny tsy ho azon'olona notevatevaina aho.

²I lead thee, I bring thee in unto my mother`s house, She doth teach me, I cause thee to drink of the perfumed wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate,

²Dia ho entiko ka hampidiriko ho ao an-tranon'ineny ianao, ary hampianarinao aho; Hampisotroiko divay noharoharoan-java-manitra mbamin'ny ranon'ampongaben-danitro ianao.

³His left hand [is] under my head, And his right doth embrace me.

³Aoka hanondana ahy ny tànany ankavia, ary aoka hanohona ahy ny tànany ankavanana.

⁴I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, How ye stir up, And how ye wake the love till she please!

⁴Mampianiana anareo aho, ry zanakavavin'i Jerosalema: Aza manaitra na mamoha ny fitiavana, raha tsy efa sitrapony.

⁵Who [is] this coming from the wilderness, Hasting herself for her beloved? Under the citron-tree I have waked thee, There did thy mother pledge thee, There she gave a pledge [that] bare thee.

⁵[Ny nandehanany ho any amin'ny tany nihavian'ny ampakarina] Iza moa iry vehivavy miakatra avy any an-efitra, mitehina amin'ny malalany? Teo ambanin'iny hazo poma no namohazako anao; Teo no niterahan-dreninao anao, eny, teo no nahararian'ilay niteraka anao.

⁶Set me as a seal on thy heart, as a seal on thine arm, For strong as death is love, Sharp as Sheol is jealousy, Its burnings [are] burnings of fire, a flame of Jah!

⁶Ataovy toy ny fanombohan-kase ao am-ponao aho sy toy ny fanombohan-kase eo an-tsandrinao; Fa mahery toy ny fahafatesana ny fitiavana, masiaka tahaka ny fiainan-tsi-hita ny fahasaro-piaro; Ny lelafony dia lelafo midedadeda, eny, lelafon'i Jehovah.[Heb. Sheola]

⁷Many waters are not able to quench the love, And floods do not wash it away. If one give all the wealth of his house for love, Treading down — they tread upon it.

⁷Na dia ny ony maro aza tsy mahavono ny afon'ny fitiavana, ary ny renirano tsy mahapaoka azy; Na dia misy olona manome ny fananany rehetra ao an-tranony aza hamidy fitiavana, dia hatao tsinontsinona izy.

⁸We have a little sister, and breasts she hath not, What do we do for our sister, In the day that it is told of her?

⁸Manana zandrivavy tsy mbola misy nono izahay; Ahoana no hataonay amin'ny zandrivavinay, raha mby amin'izay andro hangatahan'olona azy ho vady?[Na: isika][Na: hataontsika][Na: zandrivavintsika]

⁹If she is a wall, we build by her a palace of silver. And if she is a door, We fashion by her board-work of cedar.

⁹Raha manda izy, dia hanangananay tilikambo volafotsy eo an-tampony; Fa raha varavarana kosa izy, dia hotampenanay hazo fisaka sedera.[Na: hananganantsika][Na: hotampenantsika]

¹⁰I [am] a wall, and my breasts as towers, Then I have been in his eyes as one finding peace.

¹⁰Mànda aho, dia toy ny tilikambo ny nonoko. Raha eo imasony dia toy ny efa mahita soa aho.

¹¹Solomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers, Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand silverlings;

¹¹Solomona nanan-tanim-boaloboka tao Bala-hamona; Nahofany tamin'olona mpiandry voly ny tanim-boaloboka, ka samy tsy maintsy mitondra sekely volafotsy arivo ho solon'ny vokatra.

¹²My vineyard — my own — is before me, The thousand [is] for thee, O Solomon. And the two hundred for those keeping its fruit. O dweller in gardens!

¹²Ny tanim-boaloboko, eny, ilay an'ny tenako, dia eto anatrehako, Ny arivo kosa dia anao, ry Solomona, ary ny roan-jato ho an'izay mpiandry voly.

¹³The companions are attending to thy voice, Cause me to hear. Flee, my beloved, and be like to a roe,

¹³Ry mitoetra eny an-tsaha! Te-hihaino ny feonao ireo namako; Mba ampandreneso izany koa aho.Mandosira, ry malalako, ary aoka ianao mba ho toy ny gazela na ny diera tanora eny an-tendrombohitry ny zava-manitra.[Anaram-biby haingan-tongotra]

¹⁴Or to a young one of the harts on mountains of spices!

¹⁴Mandosira, ry malalako, ary aoka ianao mba ho toy ny gazela na ny diera tanora eny an-tendrombohitry ny zava-manitra.[Anaram-biby haingan-tongotra]