Song of Solomon 4
1 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
My darling, you are beautiful, you are very beautiful! Underneath your veil, your eyes are [as gentle as] [MET] doves. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats moving down the slopes of Gilead Mountain.
2 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
Your teeth are [very white] like [SIM] a flock of sheep [whose wool] has [just] been (shorn/cut off) and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
3 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
Your lips are like [SIM] a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Beneath your veil, your [round, rosy/red] cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
4 like/as tower David neck your to build to/for weapon thousand [the] shield to hang upon him all shield [the] mighty man
Your [long] neck is [beautiful] like [SIM] the tower of [King] David that was built using layers/rows of stone. [The ornaments on your necklaces are like] 1,000 [HYP] shields that are hanging [on the walls of a tower]; each one belongs to a warrior.
5 two breast your like/as two fawn twin gazelle [the] to pasture in/on/with lily
Your breasts are [as beautiful] [SIM] as two (fawns/young gazelles) that eat [grass] among lilies.
6 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
Until dawn [tomorrow morning] and the nighttime shadows/darkness disappear, I will [lie close to your breasts] that are [like] [MET] hills that are covered with incense [DOU].
7 all your beautiful darling my and blemish nothing in/on/with you
My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
8 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
My bride, [it is as though you are in] [MET] Lebanon [far away, where I cannot reach you]; come back to me. [It is as though you are inaccessible] [MET] on the top of Hermon Mountain or the nearby peaks. Come from where the lions have their dens and where the leopards live on the mountains.
9 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
My bride [DOU], you who are dearer to me than my sister, you have captured my affection [IDM] by only once quickly looking at me, and by one [strand of] jewels in your necklace.
10 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
My bride, your love for me is delightful! It more delightful than wine! And the fragrance of your perfume is more pleasing than any spice!
11 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
Being kissed by you is [as enjoyable as eating] [MTY] honey; your kisses are as sweet as milk [mixed with] honey. The aroma of your clothes is like [SIM] the aroma of [cedar trees in] Lebanon.
12 garden to lock sister my daughter-in-law: bride heap: wave to lock spring to seal
My bride, [you who are dearer to me than] [MET] my sister, you are [like] [MET] a garden that is locked [in order that other men cannot enter it]; [you are like] [MET] a spring or a fountain that is covered [in order that others may not drink from it].
13 missile your park pomegranate with fruit excellence henna with nard
You are [like] [MET] an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of [plants that produce] henna and nard [spices],
14 nard and saffron branch: calamus and cinnamon with all tree frankincense myrrh and aloe with all head: top spice
and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
15 spring garden well water alive and to flow from Lebanon
[You are like] [MET] a fountain in a garden, [like] [MET] a spring of clear water that flows [down] from [the mountains of] Lebanon.
16 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
[I want] the north wind and the south wind to come, and blow on my garden, [in order that] the fragrance [of the spices will] spread through the air. [Similarly], I want the one who loves me to come and enjoy [cuddling up to me] [like] [MET, EUP] someone comes into a garden and enjoys eating the fruit [that grows there].
