< Song of Solomon 2 >

1 I am [like] [MET] a flower/rose from the Sharon [Plain], and [like] [MET] a lily [that grows] in a valley.
Kaslaak laeng iti sabong iti patad, kas iti lirio iti tanap. Karsarita ti lalaki isuna
2 Among the [other] young women, the one whom I love is like [MET] a lily [growing] among thorns!
Kas iti lirio kadagiti sisiit, kastaka met ay-ayatek, kadagiti annak a babbai dagiti kailiak. Kasarsarita ti babai ti bagina
3 And among [the other] men, you, the man who loves me, are like [MET] an apple/fruit tree [that grows] in the forest. [You are like a tree whose] shadow [protects me from the sun], and your [being close to me] [EUP] is like [MET] eating sweet fruit.
Kas iti kayo ti aprikot kadagiti kaykayo iti kabakiran, kasta met ti ay-ayatek kadagiti babbaro. Agtugawak iti sirok ti aniniwanna a maragragsakan, ket nagsam-it iti panagramanko ti bungana.
4 You led me to the (banquet room/room where we could make love), and it is evident that you love me very much.
Inserreknak iti pagdadayaan, ken imbayogna ti wagayway ni ayat kaniak. Kasarsarita ti babai ti mangay-ayat kenkuana
5 Refresh me and strengthen me [with your lovemaking] [like I am refreshed by eating] [MET, EUP] raisins and other fruit, because I very much desire that you love me even more.
Biagennak babaen kadagiti bibingka a pasas ken pabaroennak babaen kadagiti aprikot, gapu ta nakapuyak no maipapan iti ayat. Kasarsarita ti babai iti bagina
6 Put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
Ti kannigid nga imana ket adda iti babaen ti ulok, ken nakaarakup kaniak ti kannawan nga imana. Kasarsarita ti babai dagiti dadduma a babbai
7 You young women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles [are listening], that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.
Kayatko nga agkarikayo kaniak, annak a babbai ti Jerusalem, babaen kadagiti korso ken kadagiti ugsa iti aw-away, a saanyonto a singsingaen agingga a malpas ti panagkakaiddami. Kasarsarita ti babai ti bagina
8 I hear the voice of the man who loves me. [It is as though] [MET] he is leaping over the mountains and skipping over the hills
Daydiayen ti timek ti ay-ayatek! O sumungsungaden isuna, laylayawenna dagiti kabanbantayan, laglagtoenna dagiti katurturodan.
9 like [SIM] a deer or a gazelle. Now he is standing outside the wall of our house, looking in the window, and peering through the (lattice/wooden strips inside the window frame).
Arigna ti ay-ayatek iti korso wenno iti urbon nga ugsa; adtoy, agtaktakder isuna iti likudan ti bakudmi, agtantannawag iti tawa, sumirsirip iti rehas ti tawa.
10 He spoke to me and said, “You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me [CHI]!
Nakisarita kaniak ti ay-ayatek ket kinunana, “Tumakderkan, ay-ayatek; Imnasko, agtaraytan.
11 Look, the (winter/cold season) is ended; the rain has stopped;
Kitaem, naglabasen ti lammiis; awanen ken napukawen ti tudo.
12 flowers are blooming throughout the country/land. It is now time to sing; we hear the doves cooing.
Nagparangen dagiti sabsabong iti daga; dimtengen ti tiempo ti panagsasalingsing ken ti panagkankanta dagiti billit, ket mangngeganen ti uni dagiti kalapati iti dagatayo.
13 There are young/new figs on the fig trees, and there are blossoms on the grapevines and their fragrance fills the air. You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me!
Luluumen ti kayo nga igos dagiti naganus a bungana, ken agsabungen dagiti ubas; itdenda dagiti ayamuomda. Tumakderka ay-ayatek, imnasko, ket umadayotan.
14 [You are like] [MET] a dove that is hiding [far from me] in an opening/crack in the rocky cliff. Show me your face, and allow me to hear your voice, because your voice is sweet-sounding and your face is lovely [CHI].”
Ti kalapatik, nga adda iti rengngat iti dakkel a bato, idiay nalimed a rengngat iti nangato a bantay, ipakitam koma ti rupam kaniak. Ipangngegmo koma ti timekmo kaniak ta daytoy ket makaay-ayo, ken ti rupam ket nalibnos.” Kasarsarita ti babai ti bagina
15 [There are other men who are like] [MET] little jackals/foxes that ruin vineyards; do not allow [those men to attack me].
Tiliwem dagiti naatap nga aso para kadata, dagiti naatap nga uken a mangdaddadael kadagiti kaubasan, ta agsabsabongen dagiti kaubasanta.
16 You who love me, I belong to you and you belong to me, and you [experience pleasure when you kiss] my lips [like] [MET] a shepherd enjoys taking care of his sheep.
Kukuak laeng ti ay-ayatek, ket kukuanak; siraragsak isuna nga agar-arab kadagiti lirio. Kasarsarita ti babai ti mangay-ayat kenkuana
17 You who love me, come and be like [SIM] a gazelle or like a young deer on the hills of Bether, and then flee like a deer at dawn [tomorrow morning], when the darkness fades.
Pumanawkan, ay-ayatek, sakbay nga agpul-oy ti nalamiis nga angin iti parbangon ken agpukaw dagiti aniniwan. Pumanawkan; agbalinka a kas iti korso wenno maysa a bumaro nga ugsa kadagiti kababatoan a banbantay.

< Song of Solomon 2 >