Højsangen 4
1 Hvor du er fager, min Veninde, hvor er du fager! Dine Øjne er Duer bag sløret, dit Haar som en Gedeflok bølgende ned fra Gilead,
Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.
2 dine Tænder som en nyklippet Faareflok, der kommer fra Bad, som alle har Tvillinger, intet er uden Lam;
Your teeth are like a newly shorn flock, which have come up from the washing, where every one of them has twins. None is bereaved amongst them.
3 som en Purpursnor er dine Læber, yndig din Mund, din Tinding som et bristet Granatæble bag ved dit Slør;
Your lips are like scarlet thread. Your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
4 din Hals er som Davids Taarn, der er bygget til Udkig, tusinde Skjolde hænger derpaa, kun Helteskjolde;
Your neck is like David’s tower built for an armoury, on which a thousand shields hang, all the shields of the mighty men.
5 dit Bryst som to Hjortekalve, Gazelletvillinger, der græsser blandt Liljer.
Your two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed amongst the lilies.
6 Til Dagen svales og Skyggerne længes, vil jeg vandre til Myrrabjerget og Vellugtshøjen.
Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, to the hill of frankincense.
7 Du er fuldendt fager, min Veninde og uden Lyde.
You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
8 Kom med mig fra Libanon, Brud, kom med mig fra Libanon, stig ned fra Amanas Tinde, fra Senirs og Hermons Tinde, fra Løvers Huler, fra Panteres Bjerge!
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon. Look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
9 Du har fanget mig, min Søster, min Brud, du har fanget mig med et af dine Blikke, med en af din Halses Kæder.
You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride. You have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.
10 Hvor herlig er din Kærlighed, min Søster, min Brud, hvor din Kærlighed er god fremfor Vin, dine Salvers Duft fremfor alskens Vellugt!
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!
11 Dine Læber drypper af Sødme, min Brud, under din Tunge er Honning og Mælk; dine Klæders Duft er som Libanons Duft.
Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
12 Min Søster, min Brud er en lukket Have, en lukket Kilde, et Væld under Segl.
My sister, my bride, is a locked up garden; a locked up spring, a sealed fountain.
13 Dine Skud er en Lund af Granattræer med kostelige Frugter, Kofer,
Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits, henna with spikenard plants,
14 Nardus og Kalmus og Kanel og alle Slags Vellugtstræer, Myrra og Safran og Aloe og alskens ypperlig Balsam.
spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree; myrrh and aloes, with all the best spices,
15 Min Haves Væld er en Brønd med rindende Vand og Strømme fra Libanon.
a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon.
16 Nordenvind, vaagn, Søndenvind kom, blæs gennem min Have, saa dens Vellugt spredes! Min Ven komme ind i sin Have og nyde dens udsøgte Frugt!
Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.
