Oromo translation of Songs of Songs 1–5, commissioned by James Bruce (Gondar, likely in 1770/71):
(adapted from a scan of the Bruce manuscript no. 94
at the Bodleian Library, Oxford)
Note
Oromo was a common language at the Gondarine court during the final years of Emperor Iyoas I (born c. 1849, assassinated in 1869). His mother, the second wife of Emperor Iyasu II, was an Oromo.
Further reading
Bruce, James. Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773. 5 vols. London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. [View vol. 1 on Archive.org]
Cross-references
» Bruce, Oromo-Amhara word list (manuscript)
» Bruce, On Bible translation
(in Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, vol. 1, 1790)