¹Tsoka dzako dzakanaka seiko mushangu, iwe mukunda womuchinda! Hudyu dzako, dzakatendereka, dzakaita sezvishongo, Basa ramaoko emhizha.

¹How beautiful are thy feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! Thy rounded thighs are like jewels, The work of the hands of a skilful workman.

²Guvhu rako rakaita somukombe wakatendereka, Musingashaikwi waini yakavhenganiswa; Chiuno chako chaita sedutu rezviyo Rakakomberedzwa namaruva.

²Thy body is [like] a round goblet, [Wherein] no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is [like] a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.

³Mazamu ako maviri akafanana navana vemharapara, Vana vakaberekwa vari vaviri.

³Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe.

⁴Mutsipa wako wakaita seshongwe yorunyanga rwenzou; Meso ako samakuvi paHeshibhoni, Pasuwo reBhatirabhimi; Mhinho dzako dzakafanana neshongwe yeRebhanoni Yakatarisana neDhamasiko.

⁴Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes [as] the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.

⁵Musoro wako pamusoro pako wakafanana neKarimeri; Nevhudzi romusoro wako nomucheka mutsvuku; Mambo akasungwa nevhudzi rakaremberera.

⁵Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses [thereof].

⁶Wakanaka sei, unofadza sei, Mudiwa, pakati pezvinofadza.

⁶How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

⁷Umiro hwako hwakafanana nomuchindwe, Namazamu ako namasumbu ezvibereko zvawo.

⁷This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.

⁸Ndakati, ndichakwira mumuchindwe, Ndibate matavi awo; Mazamu ako ngaave samasumbu emizambiringa, Nokunhuhwira kwemhino dzako sokunhuhwira kwamaapuri,

⁸I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

⁹Nomuromo wako sewaini yakaisvonaka, Inotapira mudikamwa wangu pakumwiwa kwayo, Inoyerera pamiromo yavavete.

⁹And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

¹⁰Ndini womudiwa wangu; Kuda kwake kunondivinga.

¹⁰I am my beloved's; And his desire is toward me.

¹¹Uya mudiwa wangu, ngatibudire kusango, Ngatigare mumisha.

¹¹Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages.

¹²Ngatifumire kuminda yemizambiringa; Tindoona kana muzambiringa watunga; Kana maruva akura, Kana matamba atunga maruva; Ndipapo pandichakupa rudo rwangu.

¹²Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, [And] its blossom is open, [And] the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.

¹³Mudiwadiwa anobudisa kunhuhwira. Pamikova yedu panezvinonaka zvamarudzi ose, zvitsva nezvisharu, Zvandakakuchengetera, iwe mudiwa wangu.

¹³The mandrakes give forth fragrance; And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.