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.
Que tu es belle, mon amie, que tu es belle! Tes yeux sont ceux d’une colombe à travers ton voile; tes cheveux sont comme un troupeau de chèvres dévalant du mont 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, fraîchement tondues, qui remontent du bain, formant deux rangées parfaites, sans aucun vide.
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 d’écarlate et ta bouche est charmante; ta tempe est comme une tranche de grenade à travers 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 des trophées d’armes: mille boucliers y sont suspendus, tous écus de héros!
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 biche qui paissent parmi les roses.
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 fraîchisse le jour et que s’effacent les ombres, je me dirigerai vers le mont de la myrrhe, vers la colline de l’encens.
7 My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
Tu es toute belle, mon amie, et tu es sans défaut.
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, ma fiancée, du Liban; du Liban viens avec moi; regarde du haut de l’Amana, du sommet du Senir et du Hermon, des antres des lions, des monts que fréquentent les 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 as capté mon cœur, ô ma sœur, ma fiancée, tu as capté mon cœur par un de tes regards, par un des colliers qui ornent ton cou.
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!
Qu’elles sont délicieuses tes caresses, ma sœur, ma fiancée! Combien plus douces tes caresses que le vin! La senteur de tes parfums surpasse 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, ô fiancée, distillent la douceur du miel; du miel et du lait coulent sous ta—langue, et le parfum 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 clos que ma sœur, ma 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],
un parc de plaisance où poussent des grenades et tous les beaux fruits, le troène et les nards;
14 and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
le nard, le safran, la cannelle et le cinname, avec tous les bois odorants, la myrrhe, l’aloès et toutes les essences aromatiques;
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.
une fontaine des jardins, une source d’eaux vives, un ruisseau qui descend 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].
Réveille-toi, rafale du Nord! Accours, brise du Midi! Balayez de votre souffle mon jardin, pour que ses parfums s’épandent. Que mon bien-aimé entre dans son jardin et en goûte les fruits exquis!
