Song of Solomon 1
1 song [the] song which to/for Solomon
This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.
2 to kiss me from kiss lip his for pleasant beloved: love your from wine
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
3 to/for aroma oil your pleasant oil to empty name your upon so maiden to love: lover you
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
4 to draw me after you to run: run to come (in): bring me [the] king chamber his to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with you to remember beloved: love your from wine uprightness to love: lover you
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
5 black I and lovely daughter Jerusalem like/as tent Kedar like/as curtain Solomon
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6 not to see: see me which/that I blackish which/that to see me [the] sun son: child mother my to be incensed in/on/with me to set: make me to keep [obj] [the] vineyard vineyard my which/that to/for me not to keep
Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
7 to tell [emph?] to/for me which/that to love: lover soul my how? to pasture how? to stretch in/on/with midday which/that to/for what? to be like/as to enwrap upon flock companion your
Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
8 if not to know to/for you [the] beautiful in/on/with woman to come out: come to/for you in/on/with heel [the] flock and to pasture [obj] kid your upon tabernacle [the] to pasture
If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
9 to/for mare my in/on/with chariot Pharaoh to resemble you darling my
I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 be lovely jaw your in/on/with plait neck your in/on/with string
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
11 plait gold to make to/for you with bead [the] silver: money
We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
12 till which/that [the] king in/on/with surrounds his nard my to give: give aroma his
While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 bundle [the] myrrh beloved my to/for me between breast my to lodge
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
14 cluster [the] henna beloved my to/for me in/on/with vineyard Engedi Engedi
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
15 look! you beautiful darling my look! you beautiful eye your dove
How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
16 look! you beautiful beloved my also pleasant also bed our luxuriant
How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
17 beam house: home our cedar (rafter our *Q(K)*) cypress
The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
