ISIHLABELELO SEZIHLABELELO 5

₁Sengingenile 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.

₂Bengilele, 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.

₃Ngikhumulile isambatho sami,

ngingasifaka kanjani?

Ngigezile izinyawo zami,

ngingazingcoliselani na?

₄Othandiweyo wayesengenisa isandla sakhe embotsheni,

izibilini zami zamhawukela.

₅Ngavuka ukumvulela othandiweyo wami;

izandla zami zaconsa imure*,

neminwe yami imure elimanzi

phezu kwezibambo zesihluthulelo.

₆Ngamvulela-ke othandiweyo wami,

kepha othandiweyo wami ubephendukile, wamuka;

umphefumulo wami wawuphela ngokukhuluma kwakhe,

ngamfuna, kepha angamthola;

ngambiza, kodwa akaphendula.

₇Abalindi bangifumana

behambahamba emzini,

bangishaya, bangilimaza;

abalindi bezingange bangaphuca imvakazi yami.

₈Ngiyanifungisa, madodakazi aseJerusalema,

uma nimfumana othandiweyo wami,

ukuba nimtshele ukuthi ngiyafa uthando.

₉Othandiweyo wakho udlula ngani omunye,

wena-muhlekazi phakathi kwabesifazane, na?

Othandiweyo wakho udlula kuphi omunye

ukuba usifungise kanjalo na?

₁₀Othandiweyo wami uyakhazimula ngobumhlophe, ubomvu,

uyabonakala phakathi kwezigidi.

₁₁Ikhanda lakhe liyigolide elihle elicwengekileyo;

isihluthu sakhe sinententezo,

simnyama njengegwababa.

₁₂Amehlo akhe anjengamajuba ngasemifuleni yamanzi,

ageziwe ngobisi ehlezi ngasemifudlaneni egcweleyo.

₁₃Izihlathi zakhe ziyizindima zamakha

ezithaphuka iphunga,

nezindebe zakhe ziyiminduze

econsa imure* elimanzi.

₁₄Izingalo zakhe ziyizindilinga zegolide, okufakwé kuzo amakrisolithe*;

isidumbu sakhe sinjengokwenziwe ngophondo lwendlovu,

sembesiwe ngamasafire*.

₁₅Imilenze yakhe iyizinsika zetshe elimhlophe

ezisekelwe ezinyaweni zegolide elihle;

ukubukeka kwakhe kunjengeLebanoni,

kukhethekile njengemisedari*.

₁₆Umlomo wakhe umnandi,

uyanxaneleka wonke;

yilowo ongothandiweyo wami, yilowo ongumngane wami,

nina-madodakazi aseJerusalema.