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, ma bien-aimée, que tu es belle! Tes yeux sont comme ceux des colombes, derrière ton voile; tes cheveux sont comme un troupeau de chèvres suspendues aux montagnes 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, qui sont toutes deux à deux, et dont aucune ne manque.
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; ton parler est gracieux; ta joue est comme une moitié de grenade, sous tes voiles.
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, à laquelle pendent mille boucliers, tous les boucliers 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 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 vent du jour souffle, et que les ombres fuient, je m'en 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, ma bien-aimée, et sans tache.
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 avec moi, mon épouse, viens du Liban avec moi! Regarde du sommet d'Amana, du sommet de Shénir et de l'Hermon, des repaires des lions, et 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, mon épouse; tu m'as ravi le cœur par l'un de tes regards, et 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 tes amours sont belles, ma sœur, mon épouse! Combien ton amour est meilleur que le vin, et combien tes parfums sont plus suaves qu'aucun aromate!
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, mon épouse, distillent des rayons de miel. 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].
Ma sœur, mon épouse, tu es un jardin fermé, une source fermée, et 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 plantes sont un jardin de grenadiers, avec des fruits délicieux, 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, la canne odorante et le cinnamome, avec toutes sortes d'arbres d'encens; la myrrhe et l'aloès, avec tous les plus excellents 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.
O fontaine des jardins! O puits d'eau vive, et 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, et viens, vent du midi! Souffle dans mon jardin, afin que ses aromates distillent. Que mon bien-aimé vienne dans son jardin, et qu'il mange de ses fruits délicieux!
