1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth:
I sought him, but I found him not.
Usiku kitandani nalimtafuta mpendwa wa nafsi yangu, Nalimtafuta, nisimpate.
2 I will rise now, and go about the city
In the streets, and in the broad ways
I will seek him whom my soul loveth:
I sought him, but I found him not.
Nikasema, Haya, niondoke nizunguke mjini, Katika njia zake na viwanjani, Nimtafute mpendwa wa nafsi yangu. Nikamtafuta, nisimpate.
3 The watchmen that go about the city found me:
To whom I said ,
Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
Walinzi wazungukao mjini waliniona; Je! Mmemwona mpendwa wa nafsi yangu?
4 It was but a little that I passed from them,
But I found him whom my soul loveth:
I held him, and would not let him go,
Until I had brought him into my mother's house,
And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Kitambo kidogo tu nikiisha kuwaondokea, Nikamwona mpendwa wa nafsi yangu; Nikamshika, nisimwache tena, Hata nilipomleta nyumbani mwa mamangu, Chumbani mwake aliyenizaa.
5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
By the roes, and by the hinds of the field,
That ye stir not up, nor awake my love,
Till he please.
Nawasihi, enyi binti za Yerusalemu, Kwa paa na kwa ayala wa porini, Msiyachochee mapenzi, wala kuyaamsha, Hata yatakapoona vema yenyewe.
6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all powders of the merchant?
Ni nani huyu apandaye kutoka nyikani, Mfano wake ni nguzo za moshi; Afukizwa manemane na ubani, Na mavumbi ya manukato yote ya mchuuzi?
7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's;
Threescore valiant men are about it,
Of the valiant of Israel.
Tazama, ni machela yake Sulemani; Mashujaa sitini waizunguka, Wa mashujaa wa Israeli.
8 They all hold swords,
Being expert in war:
Every man hath his sword upon his thigh
Because of fear in the night.
Wote wameshika upanga, Wamehitimu kupigana; Kila mtu anao upanga wake pajani Kwa hofu ya kamsa za usiku.
9 King Solomon made himself a chariot
Of the wood of Lebanon.
Mfalme Sulemani alijifanyizia machela Ya miti ya Lebanoni;
10 He made the pillars thereof of silver,
The bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple,
The midst thereof being paved with love,
For the daughters of Jerusalem.
Nguzo zake alizifanyiza za fedha, Na mgongo wake wa dhahabu, Kiti chake kimepambwa urujuani, Gari lake limenakishiwa njumu, Hiba ya binti za Yerusalemu.
11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion,
And behold king Solomon
With the crown wherewith his mother crowned him
In the day of his espousals,
And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Tokeni, enyi binti za Sayuni, Mtazameni Mfalme Sulemani, Amevaa taji alivyovikwa na mamaye, Siku ya maposo yake, Siku ya furaha ya moyo wake.
