Ingoma Yezingoma 6

1 Siye ngaphi isithandwa sakho, wena omuhle phakathi kwabesifazana? Siphendukele ngaphi isithandwa sakho, ukuze sisidinge kanye lawe?

Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

2 Isithandwa sami sehlele esivandeni saso, emibhedeni yamakha, ukudla ezivandeni, lokukha imiduze.

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

3 Ngingowesithandwa sami, lesithandwa sami singesami, esidla phakathi kwemiduze.

I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,

4 Umuhle, mthandwa wami, njengeTiriza, uyabukeka njengeJerusalema, uyesabeka njengebutho eliphethe iziboniso.

You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

5 Susa amehlo akho kimi ngoba ayanginqoba. Inwele zakho zinjengomhlambi wembuzi zisehla eGileyadi.

Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.

6 Amazinyo akho anjengomhlambi wezimvukazi ezikhuphuka ekugezisweni, okuthi zonke zazo zizele amaphahla, njalo kungekho eyinyumba phakathi kwazo.

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing; of which every one has twins; none is bereaved among them.

7 Inhlafuno zakho phakathi kweveyili lakho zinjengocezu lwepomegranati.

Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

8 Kukhona izindlovukazi ezingamatshumi ayisithupha, labafazi abancane abangamatshumi ayisificaminwembili, lezintombi ezingelanani.

There are sixty queens, eighty secondary wives, and virgins without number.

9 Linye ijuba lami, opheleleyo wami, nguye yedwa kunina, ongokhethiweyo wakhe owamzalayo. Amadodakazi ambona, ambusisa, izindlovukazi labafazi abancinyane, bambabaza.

My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; the queens and the secondary wives, and they praised her.

10 Ngubani lo obonakala njengokusa, omuhle njengenyanga, ocwebileyo njengelanga, owesabeka njengebutho eliphethe iziboniso?

Who is she who looks forth as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

11 Ngehlela esivandeni senkelo ukubona okuhlumayo esigodini, ukubona ukuthi ivini liyahluma, amapomegranati ayakhahlela yini.

I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.

12 Ngingakazi umphefumulo wami wangimisa ezinqoleni zobukhosi zabantu bakithi.

Without realizing it, my desire set me with my royal people's chariots.

13 Phenduka, phenduka, mShulami, phenduka, phenduka, ukuze sikubuke. Limbukelani umShulami? Kunjengexuku lamabutho amabili.

Return, return, Shulammite. Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?