12 Ngatsi ngingakacapheli, kulangatela kwami kwangibeka emkhatsini wetincola tebukhosi tebantfu bami.
Ngehlela entansi ensimini yemantongomane, kuyawubuka kuhluma lokusha esigodzini, ngiyewubuka kutsi imivini seyidvumbile yini nemahananandza kutsi abesabhahela yini.
Buya, buya, wena ntfombi yaseShulami; buya, buya, khona sitekubuka! Nitayibukelani intfombi yaseShulami, igidza emkhatsini wemabutfo lamabili?
Ngako-ke yesuka yahamba yaya kuyise. “Yayisekudzeni kabi nelikhaya ngesikhatsi uyise ayibona. Inhlitiyo yeyise yagcwala sihawu, wayihawukela wagijima wayihlangabeta. Wayigaca ngemkhono wakhe, wayanga.