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.
Qui me donnera de l’avoir pour frère, suçant les mamelles de ma mère, afin que je te trouve dehors, que je le donne un baiser, et que désormais personne ne me méprise?
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, et je te conduirai dans la maison de ma mère: là tu m’instruiras, et je te présenterai une coupe de vin aromatique, et le suc nouveau de mes grenades.
3 You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
Sa main gauche sera sous ma tête, et sa main droite 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.”
L’Époux. Je vous conjure, filles de Jérusalem, ne dérangez pas et ne réveillez pas la bien-aimée, jusqu’à ce qu’elle-même le veuille.
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.
Les filles de Jérusalem. Quelle est celle-ci qui monte du désert, comblée de délices, appuyée sur son bien-aimé? Sous le pommier je t’ai réveillée; là a été corrompue ta mère; là a été violée celle qui t’a donné le jour.
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, comme un sceau sur ton bras; parce que l’amour est fort comme la mort; le zèle de l’amour, inflexible comme l’enfer; ses lampes sont des lampes de feu et de 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.
De grandes eaux n’ont pu éteindre la charité, des fleuves ne la submergeront pas: quand un homme aurait donné toutes les richesses de sa maison pour l’amour, il les mépriserait comme un rien.
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:
Les frères de L’Époux. Notre sœur est petite, elle n’a pas de mamelles: que ferons-nous à notre sœur au jour où il faudra 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.
L’Époux. Si c’est un mur, bâtissons des forts d’argent; si c’est une porte, appliquons dessus des ais 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.
L’Épouse. Je suis un mur, et mes mamelles sont comme une tour, depuis que j’ai paru devant lui, comme ayant trouvé en lui 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].
Le pacifique a eu une vigne dans celle où il y a des peuples; il l’a donnée à des gardiens; chacun apporte pour son fruit mille pièces 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 devant moi. Les mille sont pour toi, pacifique, et deux cents pour ceux qui en gardent les fruits.
13 You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
L’Époux. Ô toi qui habites dans les jardins, des amis écoutent: fais-moi entendre ta voix.
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.
L’Épouse. Fuis, mon bien-aimé, et sois semblable au chevreuil et au faon des biches sur les montagnes des aromates.
