Song of Solomon 5
1 to come (in): come to/for garden my sister my daughter-in-law: bride to pluck myrrh my with spice my to eat honeycomb my with honey my to drink wine my with milk my to eat neighbor to drink and be drunk beloved: love
I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
2 I sleeping and heart my to rouse voice: sound beloved my to beat to open to/for me sister my darling my dove my complete my which/that head my to fill dew lock my drop night
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
3 to strip [obj] tunic my how? to clothe her to wash: wash [obj] foot my how? to soil them
I have taken off my robe— must I put it back on? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?
4 beloved my to send: reach hand his from [the] hole and belly my to roar upon him
My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
5 to arise: rise I to/for to open to/for beloved my and hand my to drip/prophesy myrrh and finger my myrrh to pass upon palm [the] bolt
I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
6 to open I to/for beloved my and beloved my to turn away to pass soul my to come out: surrender in/on/with to speak: speak he to seek him and not to find him to call: call to him and not to answer me
I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
7 to find me [the] to keep: guard [the] to turn: surround in/on/with city to smite me to wound me to lift: raise [obj] veil my from upon me to keep: guard [the] wall
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
8 to swear [obj] you daughter Jerusalem if to find [obj] beloved my what? to tell to/for him which/that be weak: ill love I
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
9 what? beloved your from beloved [the] beautiful in/on/with woman what? beloved your from beloved which/that thus to swear us
How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
10 beloved my dazzling and red to look from myriad
My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
11 head his gold pure gold lock his lock black like/as raven
His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
12 eye his like/as dove upon channel water to wash: wash in/on/with milk to dwell upon setting
His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
13 jaw his like/as bed [the] spice tower spice lips his lily to drip/prophesy myrrh to pass
His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
14 hand his circuit gold to fill in/on/with jasper belly his plate tooth: ivory to enwrap sapphire
His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
15 leg his pillar alabaster to found upon socket pure gold appearance his like/as Lebanon to choose like/as cedar
His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
16 palate his sweetness and all his desire this beloved my and this neighbor my daughter Jerusalem
His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
