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Abemikwano

(A)Muganzi wo alaze wa,
    ggwe akira abakyala bonna obulungi?
Muganzi wo yakutte lya wa
    tumukunoonyezeeko?

Omwagalwa

(B)Muganzi wange aserengese mu nnimiro ye,
    mu misiri egy’ebirime ebyakaloosa,
okulabirira ennimiro ye
    n’okunoga amalanga.
(C)Muganzi wange, wange, nange ndi wuwe;
    anoonyeza mu malanga.

Owoomukwano

(D)Oli mubalagavu nga Tiruza,[a]
    omwagalwa wange, omulungi nga Yerusaalemi,
    era ow’ekitiibwa ng’eggye eririna ebendera.
(E)Tontunuulira nnyo
    kubanga amaaso go gantawanya.
Enviiri zo ziri ng’ekisibo eky’embuzi,
    eziserengeta okuva e Gireyaadi.
(F)Amannyo go gali ng’ekisibo eky’endiga
    eziva okunaazibwa;
buli emu nnongo eri n’ennongo ginnaayo,
    so tewali eri yokka.
(G)Obwenyi bwo bw’obisse mu lugoye,
    buli ng’ebitundu by’amakomamawanga.
(H)Ne bwe walibeerawo bakabaka abakazi nkaaga,
    n’abazaana kinaana,
    n’abawala embeerera abatamanyiddwa muwendo,
(I)ejjiba lyange, owange ataliiko bbala, ow’enjawulo,
    mwana muwala eyazaalibwa yekka, ayagalibwa ennyo nnyina
    okusinga abalala, y’ansingira mu bonna.
Abawala baamulaba ne bamuyita wa mukisa;
    bakabaka abakazi n’abazaana baamutenda.

Abemikwano

10 Ani ono alabika ng’emmambya,
    omulungi ng’omwezi, atangalijja ng’enjuba,
    alina ekitiibwa ng’eky’emunnyeenye?

Owoomukwano

11 (J)Naserengeta mu nnimiro ey’emiti egy’ensigo okwetegereza
    okumulisa okw’ebimera eby’omu kiwonvu,
okulaba omuzabbibu obanga gwamulisa,
    n’okulaba emikomamawanga oba nga gyamera.
12 Bwe nnali nkyali awo
    emmeeme yange n’egenda eri amagaali ag’obwakabaka ag’omu bantu bange.

Abemikwano

13 (K)Komawo, Komawo, ggwe Omusulamu;
    komawo, komawo tukutunuleko.

Owoomukwano

Lwaki mutunuulira Omusulamu
    ng’abali ku mazina ga Makanayimu?

Footnotes

  1. 6:4 Tiruza kyali kibuga kya dda mu Kanani ekyalondebwa Yerobowaamu mu 930-909 bc okuba ekibuga ekikulu eky’Obwakabaka bw’omu Bukiikakkono

Friends

Where has your beloved(A) gone,
    most beautiful of women?(B)
Which way did your beloved turn,
    that we may look for him with you?

She

My beloved has gone(C) down to his garden,(D)
    to the beds of spices,(E)
to browse in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(F)
    he browses among the lilies.(G)

He

You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(H) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(I)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(J)
Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(K)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
    not one of them is missing.(L)
Your temples behind your veil(M)
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(N)
Sixty queens(O) there may be,
    and eighty concubines,(P)
    and virgins beyond number;
but my dove,(Q) my perfect one,(R) is unique,
    the only daughter of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.(S)
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    the queens and concubines praised her.

Friends

10 Who is this that appears like the dawn,
    fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
    majestic as the stars in procession?

He

11 I went down to the grove of nut trees
    to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
    or the pomegranates were in bloom.(T)
12 Before I realized it,
    my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.[a]

Friends

13 Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
    come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!

He

Why would you gaze on the Shulammite
    as on the dance(U) of Mahanaim?[b]

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 6:12 Or among the chariots of Amminadab; or among the chariots of the people of the prince
  2. Song of Songs 6:13 In Hebrew texts this verse (6:13) is numbered 7:1.