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.
O! que n'es-tu pour moi, comme un frère allaité à la mamelle de ma mère? Te rencontrant dehors je pourrais l'embrasser, sans encourir le mépris.
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 veux te conduire, l'amener à la maison de ma mère; tu m'instruiras: je te donnerai pour breuvage le vin parfumé, le moût de mes grenades.
3 You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
Que sa main gauche se pose sous ma tête, et que sa droite m'embrasse! – –
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 ne Jérusalem, n'éveillez pas, ne réveillez pas mon amour, plus tôt qu'elle ne voudrait!
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.
Qui est celle qui monte ici du désert, appuyée sur son bien-aimé? – – C'est sous le pommier que j'éveillai ton amour; c'est là que ta mère te donna naissance, là que te donna naissance celle qui t'enfanta.
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)
Tiens-moi comme un sceau sur ton cœur, comme un sceau sur ta main! Car l'amour est fort comme la mort, et la jalousie inflexible comme les Enfers; ses ardeurs sont des ardeurs de feu, une flamme de Dieu. (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.
De grandes eaux ne sauraient éteindre l'amour, ni les torrents, le submerger. Quand un homme offrirait tous les trésors de sa maison en échange de l'amour, on le repousserait avec dédain. –
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:
Nous avons une petite sœur, qui n'a pas encore ses mamelles; que ferons-nous de noire sœur, lorsqu'il sera question d'elle?
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, nous bâtirons sur elle un château d'argent. Si elle est une porte, nous la garantirons avec des battants 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.
Je serai un mur, et mes mamelles comme des tours, alors je serai à ses yeux comme celle qui trouve 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 à Baal-Hamon; il remit la vigne à des tenanciers; ils payaient chacun mille sicles pour sa récolte.
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].
Je surveille moi-même ma vigne. Que les mille sicles te restent, Salomon, et les deux cents à ceux qui serrent sa récolte!
13 You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
Habitante des jardins! des amis 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 bien-aimé, à l'égal de la gazelle ou du faon de la biche, par dessus les monts des aromates!
