Rwiyo rwaSoromoni 7

¹Tsoka dzako dzakanaka seiko mushangu, iwe mukunda womuchinda! Hudyu dzako, dzakatendereka, dzakaita sezvishongo, Basa ramaoko emhizha.How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.

²Guvhu rako rakaita somukombe wakatendereka, Musingashaikwi waini yakavhenganiswa; Chiuno chako chaita sedutu rezviyo Rakakomberedzwa namaruva.Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

³Mazamu ako maviri akafanana navana vemharapara, Vana vakaberekwa vari vaviri.Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.

⁴Mutsipa wako wakaita seshongwe yorunyanga rwenzou; Meso ako samakuvi paHeshibhoni, Pasuo reBhatirabhimi; Mhinho dzako dzakafanana neshongwe yeRebhanoni Yakatarisana neDhamasiko.Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

⁵Musoro wako pamusoro pako wakafanana neKarimeri; Nevhudzi romusoro wako nomucheka mutsvuku; Mambo akasungwa nevhudzi rakapetana.Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

⁶Wakanaka sei, unofadza sei, Mudiwa, pakati pezvinofadza.How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

⁷Umiro hwako hwakafanana nomuchindwe, Namazamu ako namasumbu ezvibereko zvawo.This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

⁸Ndakati, ndichakwira mumuchindwe, Ndibate matavi awo; Mazamu ako ngaave samasumbu emizambiringa, Nokunhuwira kwemhino dzako sokunhuwira kwamaapuri,I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

⁹Nomuromo wako sewaini yakaisvonaka, Inotapira mudikanwa wangu pakunwiwa kwayo, Inoyerera pamiromo yavavete.And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.

¹⁰Ndini womudiwa wangu; Kuda kwake kunondivinga.I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.

¹¹Uya mudiwa wangu, ngatibudire kusango, Ngatigare mumisha.Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

¹²Ngatifumire kuminda yemizambiringa; Tindoona kana muzambiringa watunga; Kana maruva akura, Kana matamba atunga maruva; Ndipapo pandichakupa rudo rwangu.Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

¹³Mudiwadiwa anobudisa kunhuwira. Pamikova yedu panezvinonaka zvamarudzi ose, zvitsva nezvisharu, Zvandakakuchengetera, iwe mudiwa wangu.The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.