1. Sengingenile ensimini yami,dadewethu, makoti wami;ngiyabutha imure* lami namakha ami,ngiyadla amakhekheba ami kanye nezinyosi zami,ngiyaphuza iwayini lami kanye nobisi lwami.Yidlani, bangane,niphuze, nisuthe ngothando.
2. Bengilele,kepha inhliziyo yami ibiphapheme;kuyizwi lothandiweyo wami elingqongqotha lithi:“Ngivulele, dadewethu,sithandwa sami,juba lami, opheleleyo wami,ngokuba ikhanda lami ligcwele amazolo,nesihluthu sami amaconsi asebusuku.”
3. Ngikhumulile isambatho sami,ngingasifaka kanjani?Ngigezile izinyawo zami,ngingazingcoliselani na?
4. Othandiweyo wayesengenisa isandla sakhe embotsheni,izibilini zami zamhawukela.
5. Ngavuka ukumvulela othandiweyo wami;izandla zami zaconsa imure,*neminwe yami imure elimanziphezu kwezibambo zesihluthulelo.
6. Ngamvulela-ke othandiweyo wami,kepha othandiweyo wami ubephendukile,wamuka;umphefumulo wami wawuphela ngokukhuluma kwakhe,ngamfuna, kepha angamthola;ngambiza,kodwa akaphendula.
7. Abalindi bangifumanabehambahamba emzini,bangishaya, bangilimaza;abalindi bezingange bangaphuca imvakazi yami.
8. Ngiyanifungisa, madodakazi aseJerusalema,uma nimfumana othandiweyo wami,ukuba nimtshele ukuthi ngiyafa uthando.
9. Othandiweyo wakho udlula ngani omunye,wena muhlekazi phakathi kwabesifazane, na?Othandiweyo wakho udlula kuphi omunyeukuba usifungise kanjalo na?
10. Othandiweyo wami uyakhazimula ngobumhlophe, ubomvu,uyabonakala phakathi kwezigidi.
11. Ikhanda lakhe liyigolide elihle elicwengekileyo;isihluthu sakhe sinententezo,simnyama njengegwababa.
12. Amehlo akhe anjengamajuba ngasemifuleni yamanzi,ageziwe ngobisi ehlezi ngasemifudlaneni egcweleyo.
13. Izihlathi zakhe ziyizindima zamakha ezithaphuka iphunga,nezindebe zakhe ziyiminduzeeconsa imure* elimanzi.
14. Izingalo zakhe ziyizindilinga zegolide,okufakwe kuzo amakrisolithe;*isidumbu sakhe sinjengokwenziwe ngophondo lwendlovu,sembesiwe ngamasafire.*
15. Imilenze yakhe iyizinsika zetshe elimhlopheezisekelwe ezinyaweni zegolide elihle;ukubukeka kwakhe kunjengeLebanoni,kukhethekile njengemisedari.*
16. Umlomo wakhe umnandi,uyanxaneleka wonke;yilowo ongothandiweyo wami,yilowo ongumngane wami,nina madodakazi aseJerusalema.