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Owoomukwano

(A)Ng’olabika bulungi, gwe njagala, laba ondabikidde bulungi.
    Amaaso go mayiba mu lugoye mw’ogabisse.
Enviiri zo ziri ng’eggana ly’embuzi
    eziserengeta okuva ku lusozi Gireyaadi.
(B)Amannyo go gali ng’ekisibo ky’endiga nga kye zijje zisalibweko ebyoya,
    nga ziva okunaazibwa.
Buli emu nnongo eri n’ennongo ginnaayo,
    so tewali eri yokka.
(C)Emimwa gyo giri ng’ewuzi ey’olugoye olutwakaavu;
    n’akamwa ko kandabikira bulungi.
Amatama go mu lugoye lw’ogabisseeko
    gali ng’ekitundu ky’ekkomamawanga.[a]
(D)Ensingo yo eri ng’omulongooti gwa Dawudi,
    ogwatereezebwa obulungi;
ne ku gwo nga kuliko engabo lukumi,
    zonna nga ngabo z’abasajja abalwanyi.
(E)Amabeere go gombi gali ng’abaana b’empeewo,
    ab’empeewo, nga balongo,
    abaliira mu malanga.
(F)Okutuusa obudde nga bukedde,
    n’ebisiikirize nga biweddewo,
ndigenda ku lusozi olunene olwa mooli
    ne ku kasozi ak’omugavu.
(G)Ng’olabika bulungi wenna, omwagalwa wange,
    toliiko bbala na limu.

(H)Jjangu tuve mu Lebanooni, omugole wange,
    jjangu tuve mu Lebanooni.
Lengera okuva ku ntikko ya Amana,
    n’okuva ku ntikko ya Seniri ne ku ntikko ya Kerumooni,
n’okuva mu mpuku ey’empologoma,
    ne ku nsozi ez’engo.
(I)Osenzesenze omutima gwange,
    mwannyinaze, omugole wange;
otutte omutima gwange, ne munye y’eriiso lyo gy’onkubye,
    n’omukuufu ogumu ogw’omu bulago bwo.
10 (J)Ng’okwagala kwo kulungi mwannyinaze, omugole wange,
    okwagala kwo nga kusinga nnyo envinnyo,
    n’akawoowo ak’amafuta go kasinga eby’akawoowo eby’engeri zonna obulungi.
11 (K)Emimwa gyo gitonnya obuwoomi ng’ebisenge eby’omubisi gw’enjuki, omugole wange;
    amata n’omubisi gw’enjuki biri wansi w’olulimi lwo.
    Akaloosa ak’ebyambalo byo kali ng’akawoowo ak’e Lebanooni.
12 (L)Oli nnimiro eyasimbibwa, mwannyinaze, omugole wange,
    era oli luzzi olwasibibwa[b], ensulo eyateekebwako akabonero.
13 (M)Ebimera byo nnimiro ya mikomamawanga,
    erina ebibala byonna eby’omuwendo,
    ne kofera n’emiti egy’omugavu
14     (N)n’omugavu ne kalikomu,
    ne kalamo ne kinamoni,
    n’emiti egy’ebika by’omugavu byonna,
    ne mooli ne alowe,
    wamu n’eby’akawoowo byonna ebisinga obulungi.
15 Oli nsulo ya nnimiro,
    oluzzi olw’amazzi amalamu,
    olukulukuta okuva mu Lebanooni.[c]

Omwagalwa

16 (O)Zuukuka gwe empewo ey’obukiikakkono,
    naawe empewo ey’obukiikaddyo jjangu.[d]
Mukuntire ku nnimiro yange,
    akaloosa, kaayo akalungi kasaasaane wonna,
Muleke muganzi wange ajje mu nnimiro ye,
    alye ebibala byamu eby’omuwendo.

Footnotes

  1. 4:3 Amakomamawanga mamyufu
  2. 4:12 Enzizi zaasibibwanga okukuuma amazzi gaamu nga mayonjo.
  3. 4:15 Ku ntikko y’Olusozi lwa Lebanooni lwalingako omuzira, ng’eyo amazzi gye gava ne gakola emigga egikulukuta amazzi agatakalira
  4. 4:16 Empewo ey’obukiikakkono ereeta obunnyogovu era ereka ebibala biramu bulungi. Empewo ey’obukiikaddyo ereeta kibuguumirize, era eyengeza ebibala. Empewo ez’engeri zombi zireeta akawoowo akalungi mu nnimiro

He

How beautiful you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes behind your veil(A) are doves.(B)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from the hills of Gilead.(C)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin;
    not one of them is alone.(D)
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
    your mouth(E) is lovely.(F)
Your temples behind your veil
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(G)
Your neck is like the tower(H) of David,
    built with courses of stone[a];
on it hang a thousand shields,(I)
    all of them shields of warriors.
Your breasts(J) are like two fawns,
    like twin fawns of a gazelle(K)
    that browse among the lilies.(L)
Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,(M)
I will go to the mountain of myrrh(N)
    and to the hill of incense.
You are altogether beautiful,(O) my darling;
    there is no flaw(P) in you.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,(Q)
    come with me from Lebanon.
Descend from the crest of Amana,
    from the top of Senir,(R) the summit of Hermon,(S)
from the lions’ dens
    and the mountain haunts of leopards.
You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;(T)
    you have stolen my heart
with one glance of your eyes,
    with one jewel of your necklace.(U)
10 How delightful(V) is your love(W), my sister, my bride!
    How much more pleasing is your love than wine,(X)
and the fragrance of your perfume(Y)
    more than any spice!
11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
    milk and honey are under your tongue.(Z)
The fragrance of your garments
    is like the fragrance of Lebanon.(AA)
12 You are a garden(AB) locked up, my sister, my bride;(AC)
    you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.(AD)
13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates(AE)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna(AF) and nard,
14     nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,(AG)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh(AH) and aloes(AI)
    and all the finest spices.(AJ)
15 You are[b] a garden(AK) fountain,(AL)
    a well of flowing water
    streaming down from Lebanon.

She

16 Awake, north wind,
    and come, south wind!
Blow on my garden,(AM)
    that its fragrance(AN) may spread everywhere.
Let my beloved(AO) come into his garden
    and taste its choice fruits.(AP)

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Song of Songs 4:15 Or I am (spoken by She)

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.