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, ô ma bien-aimée! Que tu es belle! Tes yeux sont ceux des colombes, sans parler de tes beautés cachées. Ta chevelure est comme la toison des troupeaux de chèvres qu'on voit en 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 la laine des brebis sortant du lavoir après la tonte; toutes ont deux petits, et nulle n'est 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 ruban écarlate, et ton langage est plein de grâce; tes joues sont comme la peau de la grenade, sans parler de tes beautés cachées.
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, qu'il a bâtie pour être un arsenal; mille boucliers y sont suspendus, et tous les dards des vaillants.
5 Your breasts are [as beautiful] [SIM] as two (fawns/young gazelles) that eat [grass] among lilies.
Tes deux mamelles sont comme deux faons jumeaux du chevreuil, paissant parmi les 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].
jusqu'à ce que se lèvent les premières brises du jour, et que les ténèbres se dissipent. J'irai à la montagne de myrrhe et à la colline d'encens.
7 My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
Tu es toute belle, ô ma bien-aimée; et il n'est point 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.
Viens du Liban, mon épouse, viens du Liban; tu iras du puits du serment aux cimes de Sanir et d'Hermon, des antres des lions aux montagnes des panthères.
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 mon cœur, ma sœur, mon épouse; tu m'as ravi mon cœur d'un seul de tes regards, d'un seul des cheveux de 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!
Que tes mamelles sont belles, ma sœur, mon épouse! Tes mamelles sont plus précieuses que le vin; et les senteurs de tes vêtements plus douces 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.
De tes lèvres découlent des rayons de miel, ô mon épouse; le miel et le lait sont sous ta langue, et l'odeur de tes vêtements est comme l'odeur de l'encens.
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].
Ma sœur, mon épouse, est un jardin enclos; c'est un jardin enclos, 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 rejetons forment un jardin de grenades avec les fruits du noyer, des grappes en fleur et du nard,
14 and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
du nard et du safran, de la canne et du cinnamome, de tous les arbres du Liban, de la myrrhe, de l'aloès, et des parfums les plus exquis.
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.
La fontaine de ce jardin est un puits d'eau vive, qui jaillit 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].
Fuis d'ici, vent du nord; viens, vent du midi, souffle sur mon jardin, et que mes parfums en découlent. Que mon frère bien-aimé descende en son jardin, qu'il mange de ses fruits.
