¹Rwiyo rukuru rwaSoromoni.

¹The Song of songs, which is Solomon’s. Beloved

²Ngaanditsvode nokutsvoda komuromo wake; nekuti rudo rwako rwakanaka kupfuura waini.

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

³Zvizoro zvako zvinonhuhwira zvakanaka; Zita rako rakaita samafuta akadururwa; Saka mhandara dzinokuda.

³Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured forth, therefore the virgins love you.

⁴Ndikwevere kwauri; tichakutevera tichimhanya; Mambo wakandiisa mudzimba dzake dzomukati; Tichafara nokukufarira zvikuru iwe; Ticharumbidza rudo rwako kupfuura waini; Zvakarurama zvavakakuda.

⁴Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

⁵Ndakasviba, asi ndakanaka hangu, imwi vakunda veJerusaremu, Samatende eKedhari, Semicheka yakaremberedzwa yaSoromoni.

⁵I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.

⁶Musanditarira, zvandakasviba, nekuti zuva rakandipisa. Vanakomana vamai vangu vakanditsamwira, Vakandiita murindikadzi weminda yemizambiringa; Asi munda wangu wemizambiringa handina kuuchengeta.

⁶Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.

⁷Ndiudze iwe, unodikamwa nomweya wangu, Kuti unofudza boka rako kupi, Kuti unorizorodza kupi masikati; nekuti ndichaitirei somunhu akafukidzwa kumeso Pakati pamapoka eshamwari dzako?

⁷Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

⁸Kana usingazivi, iwe unopfuura vakadzi vose nokunaka, Tevera makwara amapoka, Ufudze makwayana ako kurutivi rwamatende avafudzi.

⁸If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

⁹Ndakakufananidzira iwe, shamwari yangu, Nebhizagadzi pakati pengoro dzaFarao.

⁹I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

¹⁰Matama ako akanaka pakati pezvirukwa zvevhudzi; Mutsipa wako nezvibwe zvinokosha zvakatungirwa.

¹⁰Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.

¹¹Tichakuitira zvirukwa zvendarama Nezvuma zvesirivha.

¹¹We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver. Beloved

¹²Nguva yose mambo agere patafura yake, Nadho yangu yakabudisa kunhuhwira kwayo.

¹²While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

¹³Mudiwa wangu akaita kwandiri sehombodo yemura, Inogara pakati pamazamu angu.

¹³My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

¹⁴Mudiwa wangu akaita kwandiri sesumbu ramaruva ehena, Paminda yemizambiringa paEngedhi.

¹⁴My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover

¹⁵Tarira, wakanaka, shamwari yangu; Tarira, wakanaka; Meso ako akafanana neenjiva.

¹⁵Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves. Beloved

¹⁶Tarira, wakanaka, mudiwa wangu, zvirokwazvo, unofadza; Uvato bwedu ndipo pabumhudza.

¹⁶Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant. Lover

¹⁷Matanda edzimba dzedu ndeemisidhari; Mbariro dzayo ndedzemisiperesi.

¹⁷The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.