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.
われはシャロンの野花 谷の百合なり
2 Among the [other] young women, the one whom I love is like [MET] a lily [growing] among thorns!
女子等の中にわが佳耦のあるは荊棘の中に百合花のあるがごとし
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.
わが愛する者の男子等の中にあるは林の樹の中に林檎のあるがごとし 我ふかく喜びてその蔭にすわれり その實はわが口に甘かりき
4 You led me to the (banquet room/room where we could make love), and it is evident that you love me very much.
彼われをたづさへて酒宴の室にいれたまへり その我上にひるがへしたる旗は愛なりき
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.
請ふ なんぢら乾葡萄をもてわが力をおぎなへ 林檎をもて我に力をつけよ 我は愛によりて疾わづらふ
6 Put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
彼が左の手はわが頭の下にあり その右の手をもて我を抱く
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.
エルサレムの女子等よ我なんぢらに獐と野の鹿とをさし誓ひて請ふ 愛のおのづから起るときまでは殊更に喚起し且つ醒すなかれ
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
わが愛する者の聲きこゆ 視よ 山をとび 岡を躍りこえて來る
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).
わが愛する者は獐のごとくまた小鹿のごとし 視よ彼われらの壁のうしろに立ち 窓より覗き 格子より窺ふ
10 He spoke to me and said, “You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me [CHI]!
わが愛する者われに語りて言ふ わが佳耦よ わが美しき者よ 起ていできたれ 視よ 冬すでに過ぎ 雨もやみてはやさりぬ
11 Look, the (winter/cold season) is ended; the rain has stopped;
12 flowers are blooming throughout the country/land. It is now time to sing; we hear the doves cooing.
もろもろの花は地にあらはれ 鳥のさへづる時すでに至り 班鳩の聲われらの地にきこゆ
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!
無花果樹はその青き果を赤らめ 葡萄の樹は花さきてその馨しき香氣をはなつ わが佳耦よ わが美しき者よ 起て出きたれ
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].”
磐間にをり 斷崖の匿處にをるわが鴿よ われに汝の面を見させよ なんぢの聲をきかしめよ なんぢの聲は愛らしく なんぢの面はうるはし
15 [There are other men who are like] [MET] little jackals/foxes that ruin vineyards; do not allow [those men to attack me].
われらのために狐をとらへよ 彼の葡萄園をそこなふ小狐をとらへよ 我等の葡萄園は花盛なればなり
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.
わが愛する者は我につき我はかれにつく 彼は百合花の中にて其群を牧ふ
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.
わが愛する者よ 日の涼しくなるまで 影の消るまで身をかへして出ゆき 荒き山々の上にありて獐のごとく 小鹿のごとくせよ
