Song of Solomon 4
1 My darling, you are beautiful, you are very beautiful! Underneath your veil, your eyes are [as gentle as] [MET] doves. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats moving down the slopes of Gilead Mountain.
Oui, tu es belle, mon amie; oui, tu es belle! Tes yeux sont des yeux de colombes derrière ton voile; tes cheveux sont comme un troupeau de chèvres, suspendues aux flancs de la montagne de Galaad.
2 Your teeth are [very white] like [SIM] a flock of sheep [whose wool] has [just] been (shorn/cut off) and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
Tes dents sont comme un troupeau de brebis tondues, qui remontent du lavoir; chacune porte deux jumeaux, et, parmi elles, il n’est pas de stérile.
3 Your lips are like [SIM] a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Beneath your veil, your [round, rosy/red] cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
Tes lèvres sont comme un fil de pourpre, et ta bouche est charmante; ta joue est comme une moitié de grenade, derrière ton voile.
4 Your [long] neck is [beautiful] like [SIM] the tower of [King] David that was built using layers/rows of stone. [The ornaments on your necklaces are like] 1,000 [HYP] shields that are hanging [on the walls of a tower]; each one belongs to a warrior.
Ton cou est comme la tour de David, bâtie pour servir d’arsenal; mille boucliers y sont suspendus, tous les boucliers des braves.
5 Your breasts are [as beautiful] [SIM] as two (fawns/young gazelles) that eat [grass] among lilies.
Tes deux seins sont comme deux faons, jumeaux d’une gazelle, qui paissent au milieu des lis.
6 Until dawn [tomorrow morning] and the nighttime shadows/darkness disappear, I will [lie close to your breasts] that are [like] [MET] hills that are covered with incense [DOU].
Avant que vienne la fraîcheur du jour, et que les ombres fuient, j’irai à la montagne de la myrrhe, et à la colline de l’encens.
7 My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
Tu es toute belle, mon amie, et il n’y a pas de tache en toi!
8 My bride, [it is as though you are in] [MET] Lebanon [far away, where I cannot reach you]; come back to me. [It is as though you are inaccessible] [MET] on the top of Hermon Mountain or the nearby peaks. Come from where the lions have their dens and where the leopards live on the mountains.
Avec moi, viens du Liban, ma fiancée, viens avec moi du Liban! Regarde du sommet de l’Amana, du sommet du Sanir et de l’Hermon, des tanières des lions, des montagnes des léopards.
9 My bride [DOU], you who are dearer to me than my sister, you have captured my affection [IDM] by only once quickly looking at me, and by one [strand of] jewels in your necklace.
Tu m’as ravi le cœur, ma sœur fiancée tu m’as ravi le cœur par un seul de tes regards, par une seule des perles de ton collier.
10 My bride, your love for me is delightful! It more delightful than wine! And the fragrance of your perfume is more pleasing than any spice!
Que ton amour a de charme, ma sœur fiancée! Combien ton amour est meilleur que le vin, et l’odeur de tes parfums, que tous les aromates!
11 Being kissed by you is [as enjoyable as eating] [MTY] honey; your kisses are as sweet as milk [mixed with] honey. The aroma of your clothes is like [SIM] the aroma of [cedar trees in] Lebanon.
Tes lèvres distillent le miel, ma fiancée, le miel et le lait sont sous ta langue, et l’odeur de tes vêtements est comme l’odeur du Liban.
12 My bride, [you who are dearer to me than] [MET] my sister, you are [like] [MET] a garden that is locked [in order that other men cannot enter it]; [you are like] [MET] a spring or a fountain that is covered [in order that others may not drink from it].
C’est un jardin fermé que ma sœur fiancée, une source fermée, une fontaine scellée.
13 You are [like] [MET] an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of [plants that produce] henna and nard [spices],
Tes pousses sont un bosquet de grenadiers, avec les fruits les plus exquis; le cypre avec le nard,
14 and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
le nard et le safran, la cannelle et le cinnamome, avec tous les arbres à encens, la myrrhe et l’aloès, avec tous les meilleurs baumiers.
15 [You are like] [MET] a fountain in a garden, [like] [MET] a spring of clear water that flows [down] from [the mountains of] Lebanon.
Source de jardins, puits d’eaux vives, ruisseau qui coule du Liban!
16 [I want] the north wind and the south wind to come, and blow on my garden, [in order that] the fragrance [of the spices will] spread through the air. [Similarly], I want the one who loves me to come and enjoy [cuddling up to me] [like] [MET, EUP] someone comes into a garden and enjoys eating the fruit [that grows there].
Levez-vous aquilons; venez autans! Soufflez sur mon jardin, et que ses baumiers exsudent! Que mon bien-aimé entre dans son jardin, et qu’il mange de ses beaux fruits!
