< Song of Solomon 4 >
1 How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
look! you beautiful darling my look! you beautiful eye your dove from about/through/for to/for veil your hair your like/as flock [the] goat which/that to step down from mountain: hill country Gilead
2 Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
tooth your like/as flock [the] to shear which/that to ascend: rise from [the] washing which/that all their be double and childless nothing in/on/with them
3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
like/as thread [the] scarlet lips your and mouth your lovely like/as millstone [the] pomegranate temple your from about/through/for to/for veil your
4 Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
like/as tower David neck your to build to/for weapon thousand [the] shield to hang upon him all shield [the] mighty man
5 Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
two breast your like/as two fawn twin gazelle [the] to pasture in/on/with lily
6 Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
till which/that to breathe [the] day and to flee [the] shadow to go: went to/for me to(wards) mountain: mount [the] myrrh and to(wards) hill [the] frankincense
7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
all your beautiful darling my and blemish nothing in/on/with you
8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
with me from Lebanon daughter-in-law: bride with me from Lebanon to come (in): come to travel from head: top Amana from head: top Senir and (Mount) Hermon from habitation lion from mountain leopard
9 You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
to encourage me sister my daughter-in-law: bride to encourage me (in/on/with one *Q(K)*) from eye your in/on/with one necklace from necklace your
10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
what? be beautiful beloved: love your sister my daughter-in-law: bride what? be pleasing beloved: love your from wine and aroma oil your from all spice
11 Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
honey to drip/prophesy lips your daughter-in-law: bride honey and milk underneath: under tongue your and aroma garment your like/as aroma Lebanon
12 My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
garden to lock sister my daughter-in-law: bride heap: wave to lock spring to seal
13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
missile your park pomegranate with fruit excellence henna with nard
14 with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
nard and saffron branch: calamus and cinnamon with all tree frankincense myrrh and aloe with all head: top spice
15 You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
spring garden well water alive and to flow from Lebanon
16 Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
to rouse north and to come (in): come south to breathe garden my to flow spice his to come (in): come beloved my to/for garden his and to eat fruit excellence his