Verse 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.
Verse 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.”
Verse 3: Ngikhumulile isambatho sami, ngingasifaka kanjani? Ngigezile izinyawo zami, ngingazingcoliselani na?
Verse 4: Othandiweyo wayesengenisa isandla sakhe embotsheni, izibilini zami zamhawukela.
Verse 5: Ngavuka ukumvulela othandiweyo wami; izandla zami zaconsa imure, neminwe yami imure elimanzi phezu kwezibambo zesihluthulelo.
Verse 6: Ngamvulela-ke othandiweyo wami, kepha othandiweyo wami ubephendukile, wamuka; umphefumulo wami wawuphela ngokukhuluma kwakhe, ngamfuna, kepha angamthola; ngambiza, kodwa akaphendula.
Verse 7: Abalindi bangifumana behambahamba emzini, bangishaya, bangilimaza; abalindi bezingange bangaphuca imvakazi yami.
Verse 8: Ngiyanifungisa, madodakazi aseJerusalema, uma nimfumana othandiweyo wami, ukuba nimtshele ukuthi ngiyafa uthando.
Verse 9: Othandiweyo wakho udlula ngani omunye, wena muhlekazi phakathi kwabesifazane, na? Othandiweyo wakho udlula kuphi omunye ukuba usifungise kanjalo na?
Verse 10: Othandiweyo wami uyakhazimula ngobumhlophe, ubomvu, uyabonakala phakathi kwezigidi.
Verse 11: Ikhanda lakhe liyigolide elihle elicwengekileyo; isihluthu sakhe sinententezo, simnyama njengegwababa.
Verse 12: Amehlo akhe anjengamajuba ngasemifuleni yamanzi, ageziwe ngobisi ehlezi ngasemifudlaneni egcweleyo.
Verse 13: Izihlathi zakhe ziyizindima zamakha ezithaphuka iphunga, nezindebe zakhe ziyiminduze econsa imure elimanzi.
Verse 14: Izingalo zakhe ziyizindilinga zegolide, okufakwe kuzo amakrisolithe; isidumbu sakhe sinjengokwenziwe ngophondo lwendlovu, sembesiwe ngamasafire.
Verse 15: Imilenze yakhe iyizinsika zetshe elimhlophe ezisekelwe ezinyaweni zegolide elihle; ukubukeka kwakhe kunjengeLebanoni, kukhethekile njengemisedari.
Verse 16: Umlomo wakhe umnandi, uyanxaneleka wonke; yilowo ongothandiweyo wami, yilowo ongumngane wami, nina madodakazi aseJerusalema.