1 Asleep on my bed, night after night
I dreamed of the one I love;
I was looking for him, but couldn't find him.
2 I went wandering through the city,
through its streets and alleys.
I looked for the one I love.
I looked, but couldn't find him.
3 The sentries patrolling the city saw me.
I asked them, “Have you found my lover?”
4 As soon as I left them, I found him.
I held him and wouldn't let him go
until I took him to my mother's house,
to the room where I was born.

5 Promise me, women of Jerusalem;
swear by the swift deer and the gazelles
that you will not interrupt our love.
The Third Song
The Woman
6 What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke,
fragrant with incense and myrrh,
the incense sold by the traders?
7 Solomon is coming, carried on his throne;
sixty soldiers form the bodyguard,
the finest soldiers in Israel.
8 All of them are skillful with the sword;
they are battle-hardened veterans.
Each of them is armed with a sword,
on guard against a night attack.
9 King Solomon is carried on a throne
made of the finest wood.
10 Its posts are covered with silver;
over it is cloth embroidered with gold.
Its cushions are covered with purple cloth,
lovingly woven by the women of Jerusalem.
11 Women of Zion, come and see King Solomon.
He is wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head
on his wedding day,
on the day of his gladness and joy.
1 M be laariŋ n na laaraŋo kaŋ suutoo,
ŋa moomooroo ke ka n kanuntewo ñini,
n niyo ye meŋ kanu,
ŋa a ñini, bari m maŋ a je.
2 N ko m faŋ ye ko,
“M be wuli la le saayiŋ,
ŋa saatewo yaayi,
mbeedoolu kaŋ, aniŋ bendulaalu to taariŋ,
ka n kanuntewo ñini.”
Ŋa a ñini, bari m maŋ a je.
3 N niŋ saatee kantalaalu benta,
biriŋ ì be saatee muruŋ-muruŋo la,
ŋa ì ñininkaa ko,
“Ali maŋ n kanuntewo je n ye baŋ?”
4 N tambita itolu la doroŋ,
ŋa n kanuntewo je,
n niyo ye meŋ kanu.
Ŋa m miniŋ a la,
m maŋ soŋ a ye taa,
fo janniŋ m be a samba la m baa la buŋo kono,
ka a dundi buŋo kono,
m faŋo wuluuta daameŋ.

5 Alitolu Yerusalaamu dimmusuriŋolu,
ali i kali n ye wulakono minaŋo too la,
waraŋ daakoyoo,
niŋ n niŋ n jusukuŋo be fereriŋ
ka ǹ na kanoo yita ñoo la,
moo kana futa m̀ ma, waraŋ ka m̀ batandi,
fo janniŋ m̀ be kaañaŋ na.
Suukuu sabanjaŋo
Musoo ko:
6 Muŋ ne ka naa teŋ,
ka bo naŋ keñewuloo* kono,
ko siisii samasimmaa?
A ka seera ko miiri* aniŋ cuuraayoo,
ko juloolu la seerandi feŋ munkumaalu.
7 A fele, Sulemani sambaraŋ siiraŋo le mu,
Kelelaa baa taŋ wooro le be a dandaŋo la,
Banisirayila kelejawaroolu.
8 Ì bee niŋ hawusaroo*,
aduŋ kelelaa baalu le mu ì ti,
moo-wo-moo la hawusaroo be a kara la,
suutoo fankanta kamma.
9 Mansa Sulemani ye sambaraŋo le dadaa a faŋo ye,
ì ye a dadaa Libanooni babaroo le la.
10 Ì ye a dokoolu muuri kodiforoo le la,
ì ye a koomoo muuri sanoo la,
a siidulaa kulooroo keta wuluyeloo le ti,
Yerusalaamu dimmusuriŋolu niŋ kanoo le
ye a konoto ñarandi.
11 Siyoni* dimmusuriŋolu,
ali finti naŋ,
ali Mansa Sulemani juubee baŋ,
ali mansanaafoo juubee,
a baamaa ye a ñarandi meŋ na
a la futuu luŋo,
luŋ ne mu, a jusoo laata meŋ na.