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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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