¹Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! Should I find thee without, I would kiss thee; And they would not despise me.

¹Aw ka nu nawi ne, ka unaupa bang hile chin maw! po lamah nang kon muh leh, ka hontawp ding; ahi, kuamahin a honmusit kei ding uh.

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

²Nang ka hon pi dinga, ka nu in sungah kon la lut dinga, aman kei a honhilh ding; uain namtui ka hondawn sak dinga, ka pomgranet tuining.

³His left hand would be under my head, And his right hand embrace me.

³A khut veilam ka lutang nuaiah a om dinga, huan a khut taklamin a hon pom ding.

⁴I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, ... Why should ye stir up, why awake [my] love, till he please?

⁴Ka honngen ahi, Aw Jerusalem tanute aw, hihbuai kei unla, it phawng kei un, a lungkim masiah.

⁵Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? I awoke thee under the apple-tree: There thy mother brought thee forth; There she brought thee forth [that] bore thee.

⁵Gamdai akipana hong tou hiai kua ahia, a ngaihnou tunga kingai? Apul kung nuaiah ka honphawnga: huailaiah na nun nang a honveia, huailaiah nang hon piangsak amah nauveiin a om hi.

⁶Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah.

⁶Na lungtanga suai bangin, na bana suai bangin kei hon koihin: itna lah sihna bangin a hat ngala; han bangin a gilou a: huaia kuangte mei kuangte bang ahi uh, TOUPA meikuang mahmah.

⁷Many waters cannot quench love, Neither do the floods drown it: Even if a man gave all the substance of his house for love, It would utterly be contemned.

⁷Tui tampiin itna a phelh theikeia, tuikhangten a tum thei sam kei ding hi: itna jiakin min a ina van tengteng pe ding hita leh, nakpitaka muhsitin a om ding hi.

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? --

⁸Sanggamnu neu ka nei ua, nawi a neikei: amah adia thu a kigen ni chiangin ka sanggamnu uh adingin bang ka hih ding ua?

⁹If she be a wall, We will build upon her a turret of silver; And if she be a door, We will enclose her with boards of cedar.

⁹Kulhbang hi le bel, amah tungah dangka insang neu khat ka lam ding ua: huan kongkhak hita leh, amah sidar singpekin ka sungkhum ding uh.

¹⁰I am a wall, and my breasts like towers; Then was I in his eyes as one that findeth peace.

¹⁰Kulhbang ka hi a, ka nawite huaia insang bang ahi uh: huchihlaiin mi muanna musa bangin a mit ah ka om hi.

¹¹Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon: He let out the vineyard unto keepers; Every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand silver-pieces.

¹¹Baal-hanmon ah Solomonin grephuan a neia; kemmite kiangah grephuan a khel saka; huaia a gah adingin mi chihin dangka sang khat nen a hontawi ding uh ahi.

¹²My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: The thousand [silver-pieces] be to thee, Solomon; And to the keepers of its fruit, two hundred.

¹²Ka grephuan, keia ahi a, ka maah a om: nang, Aw Solomon, sang na nei ding, huan huaia theigah kemten za nih.

¹³Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken to thy voice: Let me hear [it].

¹³Nang huante suanga teng, kithuahpihte na aw a ngai ua, huai honza sakin.Kin mengin, ka ngaihnou, gimlim mual tunga zuktal hiam sakhi tuailai hiam bangin om in.

¹⁴Haste, my beloved, And be thou like a gazelle or a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

¹⁴Kin mengin, ka ngaihnou, gimlim mual tunga zuktal hiam sakhi tuailai hiam bangin om in.