1 Ndi nka habaseleti y’i Sharoni,
N’umwangange wo mu bibaya.
Umukwe:
2 Nka karungu mu mahwa,
Ni ko umukunzi wanjye ameze mu bakobwa.
Umugeni:
3 Nk’umutapuwa mu biti byo mu ishyamba,
Ni ko umukunzi wanjye ameze mu bahungu.
Nicaye mu gicucu cye nezerewe cyane,
Amatunda ye yarandyoheye.
4 Yanjyanye mu nzu y’ibirori,
N’ibendera rye ryari hejuru yanjye,
Ari ryo rukundo.
5 Nimumpembure n’imbuto z’uruzabibu,
Mundamirishe amatapuwa,
Kuko urukundo runsābye.
6 Ukuboko kwe kw’ibumoso kuranseguye,
N’ukuboko kwe kw’iburyo kurampfumbase.
Umukwe:
7 Mwa bakobwa b’i Yerusalemu mwe,
Mbarahirije amasirabo n’impara zo mu gasozi,
Ntimukangure umukunzi wanjye ngo abyuke,
Kugeza igihe abyishakira.
Umugeni:
8 Ijwi ry’umukunzi wanjye,
Dore araje asimbuka mu mpinga z’imisozi miremire,
Asimbagurika ku misozi.
9 Umukunzi wanjye ameze nk’isirabo,
Cyangwa umucanzogera w’impara.
Dore ahagaze inyuma y’inkike yacu,
Arebera mu madirishya,
Agaragarira hagati y’imbariro.
10 Umukunzi wanjye atangira kuvuga arambwira ati
“Haguruka mukunzi wanjye mwiza,
Ngwino tujyane.
11 Dore itumba rirashize,
Imvura imaze gucika.
12 Uburabyo butangiye kurabya ku isi,
Igihe cyo kujwigira kw’inyoni kirageze,
Kandi ijwi ry’intungura ryumvikanye mu gihugu cyacu.
13 Umutini weze imbuto zawo z’umwimambere,
Kandi inzabibu zirarabije,
Impumuro yazo nziza iratāmye.”
Haguruka mukunzi wanjye mwiza,
Ngwino tujyane.
14 Numa yanjye we, uri mu mitutu y’urutare,
No mu bishumiko byo mu bihanamanga,
Reka ndebe mu maso hawe,
Numve n’ijwi ryawe,
Kuko ijwi ryawe ari ryiza,
N’uburanga bwawe bukaba buhebuje.
15 Mudufatire ingunzu,
Bya byana by’ingunzu byonona inzabibu,
Kuko inzabibu zacu zirabije.
16 Umukunzi wanjye ni uwanjye ubwanjye nanjye ndi uwe,
Aragirira mu myangange.
17 Kugeza mu mafu ya nimunsi,
Izuba rikendakenda,
Garuka mukunzi wanjye,
Umere nk’isirabo cyangwa umucanzogera w’impara,
Mu mpinga z’imisozi y’i Beteri.
Umugeni: