Song of Solomon 8
1 I wish that you were my brother who (nursed at/drank milk from) my mother’s breasts [when you were a baby], [because, if you were my brother], if I saw you when you were outside [the house], I could kiss you, and no one would say that my doing that was wrong.
Ô mon frère bien-aimé, que n'as-tu sucé les mamelles de ma mère! Si je te trouve dehors, je te baiserai, et nul ne me méprisera.
2 [No one would object if] I led you to my mother’s house, to where my mother, who taught me [many things], lives. I would like to take you to my mother’s house because I would [like to make love to you] [EUP], [and that would be as delightful as] [MET] juice [squeezed] from pomegranates.
Je te prendrai par la main, je t'introduirai dans la maison de ma mère, dans la chambre de celle qui m'a conçu. Je te ferai boire du vin parfumé, et du jus de mes grenades.
3 You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
Il posera sa main gauche sur ma tête, et, de la droite, il m'embrassera.
4 [I would say to] you women of Jerusalem, “Solemnly promise me that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.”
Je vous adjure, filles de Jérusalem, par les vertus de la campagne, n'éveillez pas, ne réveillez pas ma bien-aimée qu'elle ne le désire.
5 Who is that [woman] who is coming up from the desert, (leaning on/clinging close to) the man who loves her? I woke you up [when you were] under the apple tree at the place where your mother conceived you, which is the same place where she gave birth to you.
Quelle est celle qui se lève blanche comme l'aubépine, appuyée sur son frère bien-aimé? Je t'ai réveillée sous un pommier; c'est là que ta mère t'a enfantée; c'est là que t'a enfantée celle qui t'a conçu.
6 Keep me [close to you], like [SIM] a seal on your heart, [or] like [SIM] a bracelet on your arm. Our love [for each other] is as powerful as death, it is as enduring as the grave. [It is as though] our love [for each other] bursts into flames and burns like a hot fire. (Sheol h7585)
Mets-moi comme un sceau sur ton cœur, et comme un sceau sur ton bras. Car l'amour est fort comme la mort, et la jalousie est cruelle comme l'enfer; ses traits sont des traits de feu, ce sont des flammes. (Sheol h7585)
7 Nothing can extinguish our love [for each other], not [even] a flood. If a man tried to cause a woman to love him by saying he would give her everything that is in his house, she would refuse.
Des torrents d'eau ne pourront point éteindre l'amour, ni les fleuves le submerger. Si un homme donne toute sa vie par amour, les autres hommes auront pour lui le dernier mépris.
8 We have a younger sister, and her breasts are still small. So this is [RHQ] what we should do for her on the day that we promise [some young man] that he can marry her:
Notre sœur est petite, et n'a point de mamelle; que ferons-nous pour notre sœur, le jour où je viendrai lui parler?
9 If [her chest is flat like] [MET] a wall, we will [decorate it by] putting silver [jewels that are like] [MET] towers on it. Or, if she is [flat like] [MET] a door, we will decorate her with bits/pieces of cedar wood.
Si elle est un mur, couronnons-la de créneaux d'argent; si elle est une porte, incrustons-la de bois de cèdre.
10 My [chest was previously flat like] [MET] a wall, [but now] my breasts are [big] like [SIM] towers. So the one who loves me is delighted with me.
Moi, je suis un mur, et mes mamelles sont comme des tours; et j'ai été à leurs yeux comme ayant trouvé la paix.
11 [King] Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon, and he rented it to people for them to take care of it. He required each one to pay him 1,000 pieces of silver [each year] for the grapes [that they harvested].
Salomon avait une vigne en Béelamon; il a donné sa vigne à ceux qui la gardent; chacun rendra de ses fruits mille sicles d'argent.
12 [But my body is like] [MET] my own vineyard, and Solomon, I am giving it to you. [You do not need to pay me] 1,000 pieces of silver [to enjoy my body], but I will give 200 pieces of silver to those who take care of me [MET].
Ma vigne est à moi; elle est devant mes yeux; que Salomon en ait mille sicles; que ceux qui gardent ses fruits en aient deux cents.
13 You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
Ô toi qui demeures dans les jardins, mes compagnes écoutent ta voix; fais-la-moi entendre.
14 You who love me, come [to me] quickly; [run to me] [MET, EUP] as fast as [SIM] a gazelle or young deer runs across [MET] hills of spices.
Fuis, mon frère bien-aimé; et, rapide comme le chevreuil ou comme le faon de la biche, fuis dans les montagnes des parfums.
