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.
«Ein engblom frå Saron er eg, ei lilja frå dalom.»
2 Among the [other] young women, the one whom I love is like [MET] a lily [growing] among thorns!
«Ja, som ei lilja i klunger-holt millom møyar min hugnad er.»
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.
«Liksom ein apall, i skogen stend er venen min millom sveinar. Eg sitje so ljuvt i skuggen hans, og søt er frukti i munn.
4 You led me to the (banquet room/room where we could make love), and it is evident that you love me very much.
Inn i vinhuset hev han meg ført, og hans merke yver meg det er kjærleik.
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.
Å, styrk meg med druvekakor, med eple meg kveik! For eg er sjuk av kjærleik.
6 Put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
Hans vinstre hand er under mitt hovud, med den høgre femner han meg.
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.
Eg hjarteleg bed dykk, Jerusalems døtter, ved gasellor og hindar i skog, at ikkje de vekkje eller eggje kjærleik, fyrr sjølv han so vil!»
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
«Høyr! Min ven! Sjå der, han kjem! Yver fjelli, sjå, han sprett, yver haugarne han renn.
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).
Min ven ei gasella er lik eller som ungan hjort. Sjå der! No han stend attum vår vegg. Gjenom glyttom ser han inn.
10 He spoke to me and said, “You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me [CHI]!
Han tek til min ven å tala til meg: «Du, min hugnad, statt upp, du, mi fagre, kom ut!
11 Look, the (winter/cold season) is ended; the rain has stopped;
For sjå, no er vinteren slutt, regnet hev kvorve burt.
12 flowers are blooming throughout the country/land. It is now time to sing; we hear the doves cooing.
Du ser blomarne sprett utpå voll. D’er det bilet dei vintrei skjer, og turtelduva ho syng i vårt land.
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!
Fiketreet skyt frukt, vintrei stend alt i blom med angande dåm, du, min hugnad, statt upp, du, mi fagre, kom!
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].”
Du, mi duva, i bergeskard, som i fjellveggen sit, lat ditt andlit meg sjå, lat meg høyra ditt mål, for ditt mål er so ljuvt, og ditt andlit so vænt.»
15 [There are other men who are like] [MET] little jackals/foxes that ruin vineyards; do not allow [those men to attack me].
«Fare av og revarne slå, dei revarne små, som i hagom mun gå, for hagarne no, dei tek til å gro.»
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.
Min ven er min, og eg er hans, han som gjæter millom liljor.»
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.
«Skrid du, min ven, til dagen vert sval, og skuggarne flyr, ei gasella lik eller ungan hjort uppi skardefjellom.»
