1
Mpendwa wako amekwenda wapi, Wewe uliye mzuri katika wanawake? Mpendwa wako amegeukia upande upi, Ili tumtafute pamoja nawe?
Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
2
Mpendwa wangu ameshukia bustani yake, Kwenye matuta ya rihani; Ili kulisha penye bustani, Ili kuchuma nyinyoro.
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
3
Mimi ni wake mpendwa wangu, naye ni wangu, Hulisha kundi lake penye nyinyoro.
I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
4
Mpenzi wangu, u mzuri kama Tirza, Mwenye kupendeza kama Yerusalemu, Wa kutisha kama wenye bendera.
You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
5
Uyageuzie macho yako mbali nami, Kwa maana yamenitisha sana. Nywele zako ni kama kundi la mbuzi, Wakijilaza mbavuni pa Gileadi.
Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
6
Meno yako kama kundi la kondoo, Wakipanda kutoka kuoshwa; Ambao kila mmoja amezaa mapacha, Wala hakuna aliyefiwa kati yao.
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
7
Mashavu yako ni kama kipande cha komamanga, Nyuma ya barakoa yako.
Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
8
Wako malkia sitini, na masuria themanini, Na wanawali wasiohesabika;
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
9
Hua wangu, mkamilifu wangu, ni mmoja tu, Mtoto wa pekee wa mamaye. Ndiye kipenzi chake aliyemzaa, Binti wakamwona wakamwita heri; Malkia na masuria nao wakamwona, Wakamsifu, wakisema,
but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
10
Ni nani huyu atazamaye kama alfajiri, Mzuri kama mwezi, safi kama jua, Wa kutisha kama wenye bendera?
Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
11
Nalishukia bustani ya milozi, Ili kuyatazama machipuko ya bondeni; Nione kama mzabibu umechanua, Kama mikomamanga imetoa maua.
I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
12
Kabla sijajua, roho yangu ilinileta Katikati ya magari ya wakuu wangu.
Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
13
Rudi, rudi, Mshulami, Rudi, rudi, ili sisi tukutazame.
Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim?