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 des 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 de l’abreuvoir; Toutes portent des jumeaux, Aucune d’elles 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 fil cramoisi, 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 être un arsenal; Mille boucliers y sont suspendus, Tous les boucliers des 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, Comme les 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 le jour se rafraîchisse, 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 point en toi de 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.
Viens avec moi du Liban, ma fiancée, Viens avec moi du Liban! Regarde du sommet de l’Amana, Du sommet du Senir 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 me ravis le cœur, ma sœur, ma fiancée, Tu me ravis le cœur par l’un de tes regards, Par l’un des colliers 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 de charmes dans ton amour, ma sœur, ma fiancée! Comme ton amour vaut mieux que le vin, Et combien tes parfums sont plus suaves 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; Il y a sous ta langue du miel et du lait, 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].
Tu es un jardin fermé, 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],
Tes jets forment un jardin, où sont des grenadiers, Avec les fruits les plus excellents, Les troënes 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, le roseau aromatique et le cinnamome, Avec tous les arbres qui donnent l’encens; La myrrhe et l’aloès, Avec tous les principaux aromates;
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, Des ruisseaux 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].
Lève-toi, aquilon! Viens, autan! Soufflez sur mon jardin, et que les parfums s’en exhalent! Que mon bien-aimé entre dans son jardin, Et qu’il mange de ses fruits excellents!
