1 Awu ke wena, sithandwa sam, awusemhle ngako —uyinzwakazi enomkhitha!Loo mehlo angaphaya kwesigqubuthelonqwa namahotyazana;iinwele ngathi ngumhlambi weebhokhwexa zisihla kwiintaba zaseGiliyadi.
2 Loo mazinyo amhlophe qhwa,ngathi ziigusha ezisand' ukuchetywa,kanye xa zigqityw' ukuhlanjwa.Onke asenamaqabane awo,akukho lingumth' uzimele.
3 Imilebe ngathi ngumty' obomvu;hay' ukuthandeka kwaloo mlomo!Izidlele ngathi ngamaqhekez' erharnati,ngaphaya kweso sigqubuthelo.
4 Ntamo ngathi yinqaba kaDavide,yona yakhiwe ngezintlu zamatye;ithiwe gaxa ezo ntsimbi,ngathi liwaka lamakhaka amagorha.
5 Loo mabele ngathi ngamatakane amabini;nditsho amawele ebhadi,ethuku-thukuza phakathi kweenyibiba.
6 Ide ke isangane imini,ke wona amathunzi anabe,ndohamba-hamba kwiintaba zesiqholo semore,ndijikeleze kwiinduli zentlaka yesiqhumiso.
7 Awumhle ngako, sithandwa sam!Umhle ngenene, awunasiphako!
8 Masihle eLebhanon, mtshakazi wam;ewe, masihle eLebhanon.Masihle kwincopho yeAmana,nditsho kumalenga-lenga eSenire,incopho yentaba iHermon,apho zinezikhundla zazo iingonyama,apho zihlala khona izingwe.
9 Ewe, uyithimbile intliziyo yam;nditsho wena, mtshakazi wam, dad' ethu.Ngenene intliziyo yam uyibilengokundithi krwaqu kanye ngaloo mehlo akho,nangomxokelelwane nje omnye entanyeni yakho.
10 Awu, ndithe swii nguwe, mtshakazi wam, dad' ethu!Uthando lwakho lundanelisa ngaphezu kwewayini;nevumba lamafutha akho lingaphezulu kwazo zonke iziqholo.
11 Imilebe yakho, mtshakazi wam, ithontsiza incindi;phantsi kolwimi lwakho lubisi nobusi.Ivumba lezambatho zakhongathi livumba laseLebhanon.
12 Mtshakazi wam, dad' ethu,wena ungumyezo ofihlakeleyo,ngathi ungumjelo obiyelweyo,umthombo ovingcelweyo.
13 Izityalo zakho ngathi ngumyezo weerharnati;umyezo oziqhamo zizezodidi:ihena nenadusi ngokwayo.
14 Ewe, ikho inadusi nesafroni,okuziikalamo noozisinamoni,iintlobo-ntlobo zemithi yentlaka yesiqhumiso.Asisathethi ke ngemore nekhalanezona-zona ndidi zeziqholo.
15 Ngumyezo onkcenkceshwa yimithombo;nditsho imithombo empompozayo,imithombo enkcenkceza kwiintaba zeLebhanon.
16 Vumbuluka, moya wasentla;vuthuza, moya wasezantsi!Phepheza emyezweni wam,ivumba lawo litsho lithi saa!Masingene emyezweni waso isithandwa sam,singcamle ezona ziqhamo.