¹I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved

¹Ka huan sungah ka hongpai hi, ka sanggamnu, ka mou: ka murra ka gimnamtui toh ka lakhawmta: ka khuaikhak ka khuaiju tohka netaa; ka uain ka nawitui toh ka dawnta. Aw lawmte, ne un; dawn un, ahi, tampi dawn un, Aw ka ngaihnou.

²I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

²Ka ihmua, himahleh ka lungtang a hak: a kiu ka ngaihnou aw ahi, honhon in, ka sanggamnu, ka it, ka vahui, ka ninbanglou: ka lutang lah daituiin a dima, ka samtum lah jana tuitakin.

³I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

³Ka puannak tung ka suahtaa: bang chiin ka silh nawn dia? ka khepekte ka siltaa; bangchiin ka hihnin dia?

⁴My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.

⁴Ka ngaihnouin kongkhak awngah a khut ahon golh luta, amah jiakin ka lungtang hihlinin a om hi.

⁵I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.

⁵Ka ngaihnou hon dingin ka thou taa; ka khutte murrain a taka, ka khutzungte murra tuiin, kalhna hekna tungah.

⁶I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.

⁶Ka ngaihnou ka hontaa; himahleh ka ngaihnou a nakik nawna a na omta kei hi. Thu a gen laiin ka khain a honjuausana: amah ka zonga, himahleh hondawng kei hi.

⁷The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

⁷Khopia vialvak vengmiten a honmu ua, a honkhen ua, a honliam sak uh; kulhbang ngakten ka puannak a honlak mang sak uh.

⁸I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends

⁸Ka honngen ahi, Aw Jerusalem tanute, ka ngaihnou na muh uleh, jawlngaiin ka chi a na chih, amah hilh un.

⁹How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Beloved

⁹Na ngaihnou, ngaihnou dangsanga a tuansemna bang ahia Aw nang numeite lak a kilawmpen? na ngaihnou ngaihnou dang sanga a tuansemna bang ahia, huchibang na honnget?

¹⁰My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.

¹⁰Ka ngaihnou jaw a a san hiuhiaua, sang sawm laka pipen ahi.

¹¹His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.

¹¹A lutang dangkaeng hoih penpen bang ahi a, a samtumte a liana, vaak bangin a vom hi.

¹²His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.

¹²A mitta lah luita tui kianga vahui bang ahi a; nawituia sil, kituak taka bulh.

¹³His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

¹³A biangte gimnamtui omna bang ahi a, loupa gimlim bil bang: a mukte lah lili pak bang ahia, murra tui takkhe sakin.

¹⁴His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

¹⁴A khutte dangkaeng zungbuh beril suangmantam siatna bang ahi: a pumpi saihaa bawl saphir suangmantama luan bang ahi.

¹⁵His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

¹⁵A khete suangpak khuam, dangkaeng hoihte kuaka kitung bang ahi: a kilatdan Lebanon bang, sidar banga thupi ahi.A kam a khum penpen a: ahi, a ngaihhuai tuntun hi. Hiai ka ngaihnou ahi a, hiai ka lawm ahi. Aw Jerusalem tanute.

¹⁶Lover His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

¹⁶A kam a khum penpen a: ahi, a ngaihhuai tuntun hi. Hiai ka ngaihnou ahi a, hiai ka lawm ahi. Aw Jerusalem tanute.