¹Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.

¹Aw ka nu nawi ne, ka unaupa bang hile chin maw! po lamah nang kon muh leh, ka hontawp ding; ahi, kuamahin a honmusit kei ding uh.

²I would lead you, bringing you into my mother’s house, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

²Nang ka hon pi dinga, ka nu in sungah kon la lut dinga, aman kei a honhilh ding; uain namtui ka hondawn sak dinga, ka pomgranet tuining.

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

³A khut veilam ka lutang nuaiah a om dinga, huan a khut taklamin a hon pom ding.

⁴I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends

⁴Ka honngen ahi, Aw Jerusalem tanute aw, hihbuai kei unla, it phawng kei un, a lungkim masiah.

⁵Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

⁵Gamdai akipana hong tou hiai kua ahia, a ngaihnou tunga kingai? Apul kung nuaiah ka honphawnga: huailaiah na nun nang a honveia, huailaiah nang hon piangsak amah nauveiin a om hi.

⁶Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. . Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh. “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.

⁶Na lungtanga suai bangin, na bana suai bangin kei hon koihin: itna lah sihna bangin a hat ngala; han bangin a gilou a: huaia kuangte mei kuangte bang ahi uh, TOUPA meikuang mahmah.

⁷Many waters can’t quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned. Friends

⁷Tui tampiin itna a phelh theikeia, tuikhangten a tum thei sam kei ding hi: itna jiakin min a ina van tengteng pe ding hita leh, nakpitaka muhsitin a om ding hi.

⁸We have a little sister. She has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister in the day when she is to be spoken for?

⁸Sanggamnu neu ka nei ua, nawi a neikei: amah adia thu a kigen ni chiangin ka sanggamnu uh adingin bang ka hih ding ua?

⁹If she is a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver. if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. Beloved

⁹Kulhbang hi le bel, amah tungah dangka insang neu khat ka lam ding ua: huan kongkhak hita leh, amah sidar singpekin ka sungkhum ding uh.

¹⁰I am a wall, and my breasts like towers, then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.

¹⁰Kulhbang ka hi a, ka nawite huaia insang bang ahi uh: huchihlaiin mi muanna musa bangin a mit ah ka om hi.

¹¹Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He leased out the vineyard to keepers. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

¹¹Baal-hanmon ah Solomonin grephuan a neia; kemmite kiangah grephuan a khel saka; huaia a gah adingin mi chihin dangka sang khat nen a hontawi ding uh ahi.

¹²My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon; two hundred for those who tend its fruit. Lover

¹²Ka grephuan, keia ahi a, ka maah a om: nang, Aw Solomon, sang na nei ding, huan huaia theigah kemten za nih.

¹³You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice! Beloved

¹³Nang huante suanga teng, kithuahpihte na aw a ngai ua, huai honza sakin.Kin mengin, ka ngaihnou, gimlim mual tunga zuktal hiam sakhi tuailai hiam bangin om in.

¹⁴Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

¹⁴Kin mengin, ka ngaihnou, gimlim mual tunga zuktal hiam sakhi tuailai hiam bangin om in.