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1Kuv xav hais tias kheevlam koj yog
kuv tus nus
uas kuv niam pub mis rau noj ntawm
nws lub xubntiag.
Yog kuv mus ntsib koj nyob ntawm kev,
kuv yeej nwj kiag koj thiab yuav
tsis muaj leejtwg xav li cas.
2Kuv yuav coj koj mus rau hauv kuv
niam lub tsev,
thiab koj yuav qhia txojkev hlub
rau kuv.
Kuv yuav muab cov cawv uas qab heev
rau koj haus,
yog kuv cov cawv txiv ntsiavkws uas
tsw qab ntxiag.
3Koj sab teslaug yuav ua kuv lub tog
rau ncoo,
thiab koj sab tesxis yuav puag kuv
pw.
4Ib tsoom pojniam uas nyob hauv lub
nroog Yeluxalees,
nej cia li coglus rau kuv hais tias nej
yuav tsis tuaj tabkaum wb txojkev hlub.
5Leejtwg tabtom tuaj tom tiaj suabpuam tuaj,
thiab nws txhais tes tuav rawv tus uas nws hlub.
Kuv tsa koj sawv hauv qab tsob txiv
duaj uas yog qhov chaw yug koj.
6Tsis txhob muab koj lub siab hlub
leejtwg, tiamsis cia hlub kuv xwb;
koj tsis txhob tuav leejtwg tes li,
tiamsis tuav kuv tes xwb.
Txojkev hlub muaj zog ib yam li txojkev tuag,
txojkev khib muaj zog ib yam li lub
qhov ntxa.
Nws cig ib yam li nplaim taws thiab
kub ib yam hluavtaws.
7Muab dej tua los tsis tau;
dej huam tuaj nyab los yeej tsis
tuag.
Tiamsis yog leejtwg muab nyiaj txiag
mus yuav txojkev hlub, nws yuav raug thuam.
8Peb muaj ib tug muam yau,
nws ob lub mis tseem tsis tau o.
Peb yuav ua li cas rau nws thaum
uas muaj ib tug tub hluas tuaj yuav nws ua pojniam?
9Yog hais tias nws yog ib sab phabntsa,
peb yuav muab nyiaj ua ib lub chaw
tsomfaj zov nws.
Yog hais tias nws yog ib lub roojvag,
peb yuav muab tej txiag ntoo ciab los thaiv nws.
10Kuv yog sab phabntsa, kuv ob lub
mis yog ob lub chaw tsomfaj.
Tus uas kuv hlub yeej paub hais tias
yog kuv mus nrog nws nyob
mas kuv yuav tau txais kev kaj siab
lug xwb.
11Xalumoos muaj ib lub vaj txiv hmab
nyob ntawm Npa-as Hamoos.
Nws muab lub vaj ntawd rau cov
neeg ua teb cog txiv hmab;
lawv ib leeg them ib txhiab lub nyiaj
rau nws.
12Xalumoos, koj cia li txais ib txhiab
lub nyiaj uas yog koj tug zoo siab hlo,
cov ua teb tau txais ib leeg ob puas
lub nyiaj ua nqi zog;
lub vaj txiv hmab ntawd yog kuv
tug.
13Tus uas kuv hlub, thov cia kuv hnov
koj lub suab hais lus hauv vaj tuaj;
kuv cov phoojywg los tos ntsoov mloog koj hais lus xwb.
14Tus uas kuv hlub, cia li los cuag kuv
ib yam li tus kauv
lossis tus thav sai uas nyob saum
roob qhov chaw uas muaj tej nroj tsw qab.
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1Oh, that you were like my brother,
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
2I would lead you and bring you
Into the ⚓house of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of ⚓spiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
And his right hand embraces me.
4⚓I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
Love Renewed in Lebanon
A Relative
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
The Shulamite to Her Beloved
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
⚓Jealousy as cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
A most vehement flame.
7Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
⚓If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
8⚓We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
9If she is a wall,
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.
10I am a wall,
And my breasts like towers;
Then I became in his eyes
As one who found peace.
11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon;
⚓He leased the vineyard to keepers;
Everyone was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver coins.
12My own vineyard is before me.
You, O Solomon, may have a thousand,
And those who tend its fruit two hundred.
13You who dwell in the gardens,
The companions listen for your voice—
⚓Let me hear it!
14⚓Make haste, my beloved,
And ⚓be like a gazelle
Or a young stag
On the mountains of spices.