1On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
1 Cin ay daarijo boŋ ay n'a ceeci, Nga kaŋ ay bina ga ba, Ay n'a ceeci, amma ay mana du a.
2I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2 Kal ay ne: «Naŋ ya tun sohõ, Ka bar-bare kwaara fondey da batamey ra, Ay ga nga kaŋ ay bina ga ba din ceeci.» Ay n'a ceeci, amma ay mana di a.
3The watchmen that go about the city found me: -- Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?
3 Batukoy kaŋ ga bar-bare kwaara ra n'ay gar. Ay ne i se mo: «Araŋ mana di ay se nga kaŋ ay bina ga ba din, wala?»
4-- Scarcely had I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
4 In d'ey mana gay da fayyaŋ, Kal ay na nga kaŋ ay bina ga ba din gar. Ay n'a gaay, ay mana yadda k'a taŋ koyne, Kala kaŋ ay kand'a ay nyaŋo kwaara jina, Nga kaŋ n'ay hay din fuwo ra nooya. Arhiijo ne:
5I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
5 Ya araŋ Urusalima wandiyey, Ay goono ga kaseeti araŋ gaa, Saajo jeerey nda ŋweyey boŋ, Wa si ay baakwa tunandi, Wa s'a mo hay mo, kala nd'a yadda jina. Doonko marga ne:
6Who is this, [she] that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant? ...
6 May no woone kaŋ goono ga tun saajo wo ra sanda dullu cinari, Kaŋ ga to zawul da lubban haw, Ngey nda haw kaano hamni kulu kaŋ i ga neera?
7Behold his couch, Solomon's own: Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty of Israel.
7 Wiiza! Suleymanu karga kaŋ i ga jare no, Kaŋ boro gaabikooni waydu goono g'a windi, Israyla* ra gaabikooniyaŋ no.
8They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.
8 I kulu borey kaŋ yaŋ ga waani takuba mo, Kaŋ yaŋ ga goni wongu gaa. I afo kulu gonda nga takuba ga koto nga gaa, I ga batu cin humburkumay sabbay se.
9King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
9 Bonkoono Suleymanu na koytaray karga te nga boŋ se, Liban tuuri bundu wane.
10Its pillars he made of silver, Its support of gold, Its seat of purple; The midst thereof was paved [with] love By the daughters of Jerusalem.
10 A n'a kambey bundey te da nzarfu, A banda mo wura wane no, A gora do mo suudi no. A bindo ra kulu Urusalima wandiyey n'a taalam da baakasinay.
11Go forth, daughters of Zion, And behold king Solomon With the crown wherewith his mother crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
11 Wa fatta, ya araŋ Sihiyona wandiyey ka bonkoono Suleymanu guna, Nga nd'a koytaray fuula kaŋ nyaŋo didiji a se a hiija hane, A bine kaani zaaro ra.