| 1 ܥܠ ܡܫܟܒܝ ܒ̈ܠܝܠܘܬܐ ܒܥܝܬ ܠܕܪܚܡܬ ܢܦܫܝ ܒܥܝܬܗ ܘܠܐ ܐܫܟܚܬܗ | 1 In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not. |
| 2 ܐܩܘܡ ܢܐ ܐܬܟܪܟ ܒܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܒܫ̈ܘܩܐ ܘܒ̈ܦܠܛܘܬܐ ܐܒܥܐ ܠܕܪܚܡܬ ܢܦܫܝ ܒܥܝܬܗ ܘܠܐ ܐܫܟܚܬܗ | 2 I will rise, and will go about the city: in the streets and the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and I found him not. |
| 3 ܐܫܟܚܘܢܝ ܢܛܘܪ̈ܐ ܕܡܬܟܪ̈ܟܝܢ ܒܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܠܡܐ ܠܕܪܚܡܬ ܢܦܫܝ ܚܙܝܬܘܢ | 3 The watchmen who keep the city, found me: Have you seen him, whom my soul loveth? |
| 4 ܟܕ ܩܠܝܠ ܥܒܪܬ ܡܢܗܘܢ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܐܫܟܚܬ ܝܬ ܕܪܚܡܬ ܢܦܫܝ ܐܚܕܬܗ ܘܠܐ ܐܪܦܝܬܗ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܐܥܠܬܗ ܠܒܝܬ ܐܡܝ ܘܠܩܝܛܘܢܗ̇ ܕܝܠܕܬܝ | 4 When I had a little passed by them, I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him: and I will not let him go, till I bring him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that bore me. |
| 5 ܐܘ̈ܡܝܬܟܝܢ ܒܢ̈ܬ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ ܒܛܒ̈ܝܐ ܐܘ ܒܐ̈ܝܠܐ ܕܚܩܠܐ ܐܢ ܬܥܝܪ̈ܢ ܘܐܢ ܬܥܝܪ̈ܢ ܝܬ ܪܚܡܬܐ ܥܕܡܐ ܕܬܨܒܐ | 5 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and the harts of the fields, that you stir not up, nor awake my beloved, till she please. |
| 6 ܡ̇ܢ ܗܝ ܗܕܐ ܕܣܠܩܐ ܡܢ ܡܕܒܪܐ ܐܝܟ ܥܛܪܐ ܕܬܢܢܐ ܡܒܣܡܐ ܒܡܘܪܐ ܘܒܠܒܘܢܬܐ ܡܢ ܟܠ ܚܠܐ ܕܒܣ̈ܡܐ | 6 Who is she that goeth up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, of myrrh, and frankincense, and of all the powders of the perfumer? |
| 7 ܗܐ ܥܪܣܗ ܕܫܠܝܡܘܢ ܫܬܝܢ ܓܢܒܪ̈ܝܢ ܟܪ̈ܝܟܝܢ ܠܗ̇ ܡܢ ܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ ܕܐܝܣܪܝܠ | 7 Behold threescore valiant ones of the most valiant of Israel, surrounded the bed of Solomon? |
| 8 ܟܠܗܘܢ ܐ̈ܚܝܕܝ ܚܪܒܐ ܘܡ̈ܠܦܝ ܩܪܒܐ ܓܒܪ ܚܪܒܗ ܥܠ ܥܛܡܗ ܡܢ ܕܚܠܬܐ ܕܠܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ | 8 All holding swords, and most expert in war : every man's sword upon his thigh, because of fears in the night. |
| 9 ܡܓܕܠܐ ܥܒܕ ܠܗ ܡܠܟܐ ܫܠܝܡܘܢ ܡܢ ܩܝ̈ܣܐ ܕܠܒܢܢ | 9 King Solomon hath made him a litter of the wood of Libanus: |
| 10 ܥܡ̈ܘܕܘܗܝ ܥܒܕ ܕܣܐܡܐ ܬܫܘܝܬܗ ܕܕܗܒܐ ܘܬܟܣܝܬܗ ܕܐܪܓܘܢܐ ܓܘܗ ܪܨܝܦ ܪܚܡܬܐ ܡܢ ܒܢ̈ܬ ܐܘܪܫܠܡ | 10 The pillars thereof he made of silver, the seat of gold, the going up of purple : the midst he covered with charity for the daughters of Jerusalem. |
| 11 ܦܘܩ̈ܝܢ ܘܚ̈ܙܝܝܢ ܒܢ̈ܬ ܨܗܝܘܢ ܒܡܠܟܐ ܫܠܝܡܘܢ ܒܟܠܝܠܐ ܕܟܠܠܬܗ ܐܡܗ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܚܬܢܘܬܗ ܒܝܘܡܐ ܕܚܕܘܬ ܠܒܗ | 11 Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and see king Solomon in the diadem, wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the joy of his heart. |
