1 Usiku wonse ndili pa bedi langa

ndinafunafuna amene mtima wanga umamukonda;

ndinamufunafuna koma osamupeza.

2 Ndikudzuka tsopano ndipo ndidzayendayenda mu mzinda,

mʼmisewu yake ndi mʼmabwalo ake;

ndidzamufunafuna amene mtima wanga umamukonda.

Kotero ine ndinamufunafuna iyeyo koma osamupeza.

3 Alonda anandipeza

pamene ankayendera mzinda.

"Kodi mwamuonako amene mtima wanga umamukonda?"

4 Nditawapitirira pangʼono

ndinamupeza amene mtima wanga umamukonda.

Ndinamugwira ndipo sindinamulole kuti achoke

mpaka nditamulowetsa mʼnyumba ya amayi anga,

mʼchipinda cha amene anandibereka.

5 Inu akazi a ku Yerusalemu, ndithu ndikukupemphani

pali gwape ndi mbawala yayikazi zakuthengo:

Musachigwedeze chikondi kapena kuchiutsa

mpaka pamene chifunire ichocho.

6 Kodi ndani amene akubwera kuchokera ku chipululu

ngati utsi watolotolo,

wonunkhira mure ndi lubani,

zopangidwa kuchokera ku zonunkhira zonse za anthu amalonda?

7 Ona! Chimenecho ndi chonyamulira Solomoni,

choperekezedwa ndi asilikali 60,

anthu amphamvu a ku Israeli,

8 onse atanyamula lupanga,

onse odziwa bwino nkhondo,

aliyense ali ndi lupanga pambali pake,

kukonzekera zoopsa za usiku.

9 Mfumu Solomoni anadzipangira chonyamulirachi;

anachipanga ndi matabwa ochokera ku Lebanoni.

10 Milongoti yake anayipanga yasiliva,

kumbuyo kwake kwa golide.

Mipando yake inakutidwa ndi nsalu yapepo,

anakongoletsa mʼkati mwake ndi chikondi

cha akazi a ku Yerusalemu.

11 Tukulani inu akazi a ku Ziyoni

ndipo mudzaone mfumu Solomoni atavala chipewa chaufumu,

chipewa chaufumu chimene amayi ake anamuveka

pa tsiku la ukwati wake,

tsiku limene mtima wake unasangalala.