The Bride's Beauty

¹Bheka, umuhle, sithandwa sami! Bheka, umuhle! Unamehlo amajuba emva kwemvakazi yakho; izinwele zakho zinjengomhlambi wezimbuzi owehla entabeni yakwaGileyadi.

²Amazinyo akho anjengomhlambi wezimvukazi ezisand' ukugundwa, ezikhuphuka zigeziwe, zinamawele zonke, kungekho neyodwa phakathi kwazo efelweyo.

³Izindebe zakho zinjengomucu obomvu, umlomo wakho muhle; izihlathi zakho zinjengenxenye yepomegranati emva kwemvakazi yakho.

⁴Intamo yakho injengombhoshongo kaDavide owakhiwe ngemihlobiso, okuphanyekwa kuwo amahawu ayinkulungwane, onke eyizihlangu zamaqhawe.

⁵Amabele akho amabili anjengezixhumu ezimbili ezingamawele ensephe, ezidla phakathi kweminduze.

⁶Lize liphole ilanga namathunzi abaleke, ngiyakuya entabeni yemure nasegqumeni lenhlaka.

⁷Umuhle wonke, sithandwa sami, akukho sisihla kuwe.

⁸Woza umuke nami eLebanoni, makoti wami, umuke nami eLebanoni, wehle esiqongweni sase-Amana, nasesiqongweni saseSeniri naseHermoni, simuke emihumeni yezingonyama, nasezintabeni zezingwe.

⁹Ungaphucile inhliziyo yami, dadewethu, makoti wami; ungaphucile inhliziyo yami ngelinye lamehlo akho, ngomgexo munye wentamo yakho.

¹⁰Lumnandi kangakanani uthando lwakho, dadewethu, makoti wami! Luhle kangakanani uthando lwakho, kunewayini, nephunga lamafutha akho kunamakha onke!

¹¹Izindebe zakho, makoti wami, ziyaconsa izinyosi; uju nobisi kukhona phansi kolimi lwakho, nephunga lezambatho zakho linjengephunga laseLebanoni.

¹²Uyinsimu ehluthulelweyo, dadewethu, makoti wami, umthombo ohluthulelweyo nesiphethu esibekwe uphawu.

¹³Amahlumela akho ayihlathi lamapomegranati anezithelo ezinqabileyo, ihena kanye nenadi,

¹⁴inadi nesafroni, nomhlanga nokinamona, kanye nemithi yonke yenhlaka, nemure nomhlaba, nawo onke amakha amahle.

¹⁵Siphethu sensimu, mthombo wamanzi aphilayo, sifufula saseLebanoni!

¹⁶Vuka, moya wasenyakatho, uze wena Ningizimu, uphephethe ensimini yami, ukuze amakha ayo athaphuke; othandiweyo wami makangene ensimini yakhe, adle izithelo zayo ezinqabileyo.