1Ndiri ruva rebundo rokuSharoni, Ndiri ruva rokumapani.
1I am a narcissus of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.
2Seruva pakati pemhinzwa, Ndizvo zvakaita mudiwa wangu pakati pavakunda.
2As the lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters.
3Somuapuri pakati pemiti yokudondo, Ndizvo zvakaita mudiwa wangu pakati pavanakomana. Ndakagara mumumvuri wake nomufaro mukuru; Zvibereko zvake zvakanga zvichinaka pamukamwa wangu.
3As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons: In his shadow have I rapture and sit down; And his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4Akandiisa kuimba yomutambo; Mureza wake pamusoro pangu rwakanga ruri rudo.
4He hath brought me to the house of wine, And his banner over me is love.
5Nditsigirei namazambiringa akaomeswa, ndisimbisei namaapuri; nekuti ndinorwara norudo.
5Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love.
6Ruoko rwake rworuboshwe ruri pasi pomusoro wangu; Ruoko rwake rworudyi runondimbundikira.
6His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
7Ndinokupikirai, imwi vakunda veJerusaremu, Nemharapara kana nondo dzokubundo, Kuti murege kupfutidza kana kumutsa rudo kusvikira iye ada omene.
7I 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.
8Inzwai inzwi romudiwa wangu! Tarirai, wouya, Achikwakuka pamakomo, Achichirika pazvikomo.
8The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
9Mudiwa wangu akafanana nemharapara kana nomwana wenondo; Tarirai, womira seri korusvingo rwedu; Anotarira napamahwindo; Anodongorera napazvitanda zvamahwindo.
9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice.
10Mudiwa wangu akataura, akati kwandiri, Simuka, shamwari yangu, akanaka wangu, huya!
10My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11Nokuti, tarira, chando chaenda; Mvura yapera, yaenda;
11For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over, it is gone:
12Maruva aonekwa panyika; Nguva yokurira kweshiri yasvika, Nenzwi renjiva rinonzwikwa panyika yedu.
12The flowers appear on the earth; The time of singing is come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
13Muonde woibvisa maonde awo mambishi, Uye mizambiringa yotunga maruva; Yobudisa kunhuhwira kwayo; Simuka, shamwari yangu, wakanaka wangu huya!
13The fig-tree melloweth her winter figs, And the vines in bloom give forth [their] fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away!
14Iwe njiva yangu, uri mumikaha yedombo, Pakadzitika pamawere; Ndione chiso chako, Ndinzwe inzwi rako; nekuti inzwi rako rakanaka, chiso chako chakanaka.
14My dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the precipice, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
15Tibatirei makava, makava maduku, Anotadzira minda yemizambiringa; nekuti minda yedu yemizambiringa yotunga maruva.
15Take us the foxes, The little foxes, that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in bloom.
16Mudiwa wangu ndowangu, neni ndiri wake; Anofudza makwai ake pakati pamaruva ebundo.
16My beloved is mine, and I am his; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,
17Kana zuva rotonhorera, nemimvuri yotiza, Tendeuka, mudiwa wangu, uve semharapara nomwana wenondo Pamusoro pamakomo eBheteri.
17Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away. Turn, my beloved: be thou like a gazelle or a young hart, Upon the mountains of Bether.