Song of Solomon 6
1 where? to go: went beloved your [the] beautiful in/on/with woman where? to turn beloved your and to seek him with you
You who are the most beautiful of all the women, where has the one who loves you gone? [If you tell us] which [RHQ] direction he went, we will go with you to search for him.
2 beloved my to go down to/for garden his to/for bed [the] spice to/for to pasture in/on/with garden and to/for to gather lily
The one who loves me has now come [to me, who am like] [MET, EUP] his garden, He has come to [enjoy my (charms/physical attractions) which are like] [MET, EUP] spices, to enjoy cuddling up to me [EUP, MET], and [kissing my lips, which are like] [MET] lilies.
3 I to/for beloved my and beloved my to/for me [the] to pasture (in/on/with lily *L(abh)*)
I belong to the one who loves me, and the one who loves me belongs to me; he [enjoys kissing] my lips like [MET] [a shepherd enjoys] taking care of [his sheep].
4 beautiful you(f. s.) darling my like/as Tirzah lovely like/as Jerusalem terrible like/as to set a banner
My darling, you are beautiful, like [SIM] Tirzah [the capital city of Israel] and Jerusalem [the capital city of Judah are beautiful]; you are as exciting [MET] as a [group/battalion of] troops holding up their banners.
5 to turn: repell eye your from before me which/that they(masc.) to be assertive me hair your like/as flock [the] goat which/that to step down from [the] Gilead
Quit looking at me like that, because your eyes excite me very much. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats [moving down the slopes] of Gilead [Mountain].
6 tooth your like/as flock [the] ewe 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 and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
7 like/as millstone [the] pomegranate temple your from about/through/for to/for veil your
Beneath your veil, your cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
8 sixty they(masc.) queen and eighty concubine and maiden nothing number
Even if a king had 60 queens and 80 (concubines/slave wives) and more young women than anyone can count,
9 one he/she/it dove my complete my one he/she/it to/for mother her pure he/she/it to/for to beget her to see: see her daughter and to bless her queen and concubine and to boast: praise her
[none of them would be like] my dove, who is perfect, you who are your mother’s only daughter, whom your mother considers to be very precious. [Other] young women who see you say that you are fortunate, and the queens and concubines recognize that you [are very beautiful].
10 who? this [the] to look like dawn beautiful like/as moon pure like/as heat terrible like/as to set a banner
Who is [RHQ] this woman who is [as delightful] as [SIM] the dawn, as fair/delightful [to look at] as [the light of] the moon, as exciting as a [group/battalion of] troops holding up their banners?
11 to(wards) garden nut to go down to/for to see: see in/on/with greenery [the] torrent: valley to/for to see: see to sprout [the] vine to bud [the] pomegranate
I went down to some walnut trees to look at the new plants that were growing in the valley. I wanted to see if the grapevines had budded or if the pomegranate trees were blooming.
12 not to know soul: appetite my to set: make me chariot (people noble *L(a+V)*)
[But] before I realized it, my desire [to make love caused me to be as excited as] a prince riding in a chariot.
13 to return: return to return: return [the] Shulammites to return: return to return: return and to see in/on/with you what? to see in/on/with Shulammites like/as dance [the] camp
You who are the perfect one, come back [to us], in order that we may see you! Why do you want to look at this woman who is perfect, like [SIM] you like to watch two rows/lines of people dancing?
