¹Aiwa, dai wakange wakaita sehanzvadzi yangu, Akamwa mazamu amai vangu! Dai ndakuwana panze, ndakutsvoda; Zvirokwazvo, hakuna aindishora.

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.

²Ndaienda newe, ndikakuisa mumba mamai vangu Ivo vandidzidzise; Ndaikupa waini yakavhenganiswa nezvinonhuhwira kuti uimwe, Nomukumbi wamatamba angu.

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.

³Ruoko rwake rworuboshwe ngaruve pasi pomusoro wangu, Ruoko rwake rworudyi ngarundimbundikire.

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

⁴Ndinokupikirai, imwi vakunda veJerusaremu, Kuti murege kupfutidza kana kumutsa rudo kusvikira ada omene.

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

⁵Ndianiko uyo anokwira achibva kurenje, Akasendamira pamudiwa wake? Pasi pomuapuri ndipo pandakakumutsa; Ndipo pakakutamburira mai vako, Ndipo pavakakutamburira, ivo vakakubereka.

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.

⁶Ndishonge sechisimbiso pamoyo pako, Sechisimbiso paruoko rwako; nekuti rudo rune simba sorufu; Godo rinokuvadza seSheori; Kupisa kwaro ndiko kupisa komoto,

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.

⁷Mvura zhinji haigoni kudzima rudo; Nzizi hadzingarubitirisi; Kunyange munhu akapa fuma yose yeimba yake kuti awane rudo, Angazvidzwa chose.

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.

⁸Tine chinin'ina, Chigere kuva namazamu; Tichadiniko nechinin'ina chedu Nezuva raachakumbirwa?

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? --

⁹Kana ari rusvingo, Tichavaka pamusoro pake kashongwe kesirivheri Kana ari mukova, Tichamukomberedza namapuranga emisidhari.

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.

¹⁰Ini ndaiva rusvingo, mazamu angu akaita shongwe dzarwo; Panguva iyo ndakava pamberi pake somunhu akawana rugare.

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

¹¹Soromoni akanga ano munda wemizambiringa paBhaarihamoni, Akaisa munda uyo kuvatariri; Mumwe nomumwe aifanira kumuvigira masirivha ane gumi ramazana pamusoro pezvibereko zvawo.

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.

¹²Munda wangu wemizambiringa, iwo wangu, uri pamberi pangu; Iwe Soromoni, uchapiwa gumi ramazana, Navanochengeta zvibereko zvawo vachapiwa mazana maviri.

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.

¹³Iwe, unogara muminda, Shamwari dzako dzinoteerera inzwi rako; Nditendere ini ndirinzwewo.

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

¹⁴Kurumidza, mudiwa wangu, Uve semharapara kana mwana wenondo Pamusoro pamakomo ezvinonhuhwira.

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