Ingoma Yezingoma 1
1 Ingoma yezingoma engekaSolomoni.
The song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
2 Kangange ngokwanga komlomo wakhe; ngoba uthando lwakho lungcono kulewayini.
Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.
3 Ngenxa yephunga lamagcobo akho amnandi, ibizo lakho linjengamagcobo athululiweyo; ngakho-ke izintombi ziyakuthanda.
Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
4 Ngidonsa, sizagijima emva kwakho; inkosi ingingenise emakamelweni ayo; sizajabula sithokoze kuwe, sikhumbule uthando lwakho okwedlula iwayini; abaqondileyo bayakuthanda.
Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.
5 Ngimnyama, kodwa ngimuhle, madodakazi eJerusalema, njengamathente eKedari, njengamakhetheni kaSolomoni.
I am dark, but fair of form, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 Lingangibukeli ngoba ngimnyama, ngoba ilanga lingitshisile. Abantwana bakamama bangizondela, bangenza umlindikazi wezivini; isivini sami esingesami kangisilindanga.
Let not your eyes be turned on me, because I am dark, because I was looked on by the sun; my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vine-gardens; but my vine-garden I have not kept.
7 Ngitshela, wena umphefumulo wami okuthandayo, ukuthi welusela ngaphi, uphumuza ngaphi umhlambi emini; ngoba kungani ngizakuba njengozulayo ngasemihlanjini yabangane bakho?
Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?
8 Uba ungazi, wena omuhle kakhulu phakathi kwabesifazana, phuma wena ngezinyathelo zomhlambi, welusele amazinyane akho phansi kwamadumba abelusi.
If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.
9 Ngikufananise lebhizakazi ezinqoleni zikaFaro, mthandwa wami.
I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.
10 Izihlathi zakho zinhle phakathi kwemiceciso, intamo yakho ngezigqizo.
Your face is a delight with rings of hair, your neck with chains of jewels.
11 Sizakwenzela imiceciso yegolide lamaqhubu esiliva.
We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver.
12 Inkosi isesetafuleni layo ledili inadi yami yakhupha iphunga layo.
While the king is seated at his table, my spices send out their perfume.
13 Isithandwa sami kimi siyisamba semure; sizalala phakathi kwamabele ami ebusuku.
As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts.
14 Isithandwa sami kimi silihlukuzo lesihlahla sehena ezivinini zeEngedi.
My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi.
15 Khangela, umuhle, mthandwa wami, khangela, umuhle, amehlo akho angawamajuba.
See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.
16 Khangela, umuhle, sithandwa sami, isibili uyathokozisa. Lombheda wethu uluhlaza.
See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.
17 Imijabo yezindlu zethu yimisedari, intungo zethu ngezefiri.
Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees.
