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.
Oh se tu fossi un mio fratello, allattato al seno di mia madre! Trovandoti fuori ti potrei baciare e nessuno potrebbe disprezzarmi.
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.
Ti condurrei, ti introdurrei nella casa di mia madre; m'insegneresti l'arte dell'amore. Ti farei bere vino aromatico, del succo del mio melograno.
3 You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
La sua sinistra è sotto il mio capo e la sua destra mi abbraccia.
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.”
Io vi scongiuro, figlie di Gerusalemme, non destate, non scuotete dal sonno l'amata, finché non lo voglia.
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.
Chi è colei che sale dal deserto, appoggiata al suo diletto? Sotto il melo ti ho svegliata; là, dove ti concepì tua madre, là, dove la tua genitrice ti partorì.
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)
Mettimi come sigillo sul tuo cuore, come sigillo sul tuo braccio; perché forte come la morte è l'amore, tenace come gli inferi è la passione: le sue vampe son vampe di fuoco, una fiamma del Signore! (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.
Le grandi acque non possono spegnere l'amore né i fiumi travolgerlo. Se uno desse tutte le ricchezze della sua casa in cambio dell'amore, non ne avrebbe che dispregio.
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:
Una sorella piccola abbiamo, e ancora non ha seni. Che faremo per la nostra sorella, nel giorno in cui se ne parlerà?
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.
Se fosse un muro, le costruiremmo sopra un recinto d'argento; se fosse una porta, la rafforzeremmo con tavole di cedro.
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.
Io sono un muro e i miei seni sono come torri! Così sono ai suoi occhi come colei che ha trovato pace!
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].
Una vigna aveva Salomone in Baal-Hamòn; egli affidò la vigna ai custodi; ciascuno gli doveva portare come suo frutto mille sicli d'argento.
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].
La vigna mia, proprio mia, mi sta davanti: a te, Salomone, i mille sicli e duecento per i custodi del suo frutto!
13 You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
Tu che abiti nei giardini - i compagni stanno in ascolto - fammi sentire la tua voce.
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.
«Fuggi, mio diletto, simile a gazzella o ad un cerbiatto, sopra i monti degli aromi!».
