Song of Solomon 5
1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. The friends speaking to the man and the woman Eat, friends; drink and be drunk with love.
to come (in): come to/for garden my sister my daughter-in-law: bride to pluck myrrh my with spice my to eat honeycomb my with honey my to drink wine my with milk my to eat neighbor to drink and be drunk beloved: love
2 I was asleep, but my heart was awake. There is the sound of my beloved knocking and saying, “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled one, for my head is wet with dew, my hair with the night's dampness.”
I sleeping and heart my to rouse voice: sound beloved my to beat to open to/for me sister my darling my dove my complete my which/that head my to fill dew lock my drop night
3 “I have taken off my robe; must I put it on again? I have washed my feet; must I get them dirty?”
to strip [obj] tunic my how? to clothe her to wash: wash [obj] foot my how? to soil them
4 My beloved put in his hand through the opening of the door latch, and my heart was stirred up for him.
beloved my to send: reach hand his from [the] hole and belly my to roar upon him
5 I got up to open the door for my beloved; my hands were dripping with myrrh, my fingers with moist myrrh, on the door handle.
to arise: rise I to/for to open to/for beloved my and hand my to drip/prophesy myrrh and finger my myrrh to pass upon palm [the] bolt
6 I opened the door for my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My heart sank when he spoke. I looked for him, but I did not find him; I called him, but he did not answer me.
to open I to/for beloved my and beloved my to turn away to pass soul my to come out: surrender in/on/with to speak: speak he to seek him and not to find him to call: call to him and not to answer me
7 The watchmen found me as they were making their rounds in the city. They struck me and wounded me; the guards on the walls took away my cloak from me.
to find me [the] to keep: guard [the] to turn: surround in/on/with city to smite me to wound me to lift: raise [obj] veil my from upon me to keep: guard [the] wall
8 I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, that if you find my beloved— What will you make known to him?— that I am sick from love.
to swear [obj] you daughter Jerusalem if to find [obj] beloved my what? to tell to/for him which/that be weak: ill love I
9 How is your beloved better than another beloved man, most beautiful among women? Why is your beloved better than another beloved, that you ask us to take an oath like this?
what? beloved your from beloved [the] beautiful in/on/with woman what? beloved your from beloved which/that thus to swear us
10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
beloved my dazzling and red to look from myriad
11 His head is the purest gold; his hair is curly and as black as a raven.
head his gold pure gold lock his lock black like/as raven
12 His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, mounted like jewels.
eye his like/as dove upon channel water to wash: wash in/on/with milk to dwell upon setting
13 His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding aromatic scents. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh.
jaw his like/as bed [the] spice tower spice lips his lily to drip/prophesy myrrh to pass
14 His arms are rounded gold set with jewels; his abdomen is ivory covered with sapphires.
hand his circuit gold to fill in/on/with jasper belly his plate tooth: ivory to enwrap sapphire
15 His legs are pillars of marble, set on bases of pure gold; his appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
leg his pillar alabaster to found upon socket pure gold appearance his like/as Lebanon to choose like/as cedar
16 His mouth is most sweet; he is completely lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
palate his sweetness and all his desire this beloved my and this neighbor my daughter Jerusalem
