Cantiques 7
1 Que tes pieds sont beaux dans ta chaussure, fille de prince! Les contours de ta hanche sont comme des colliers, Œuvre des mains d’un artiste.
You who are the daughter of a prince/king, you have lovely feet in your sandals. Your curved hips/thighs are like [SIM] jewels that have been made by a (skilled craftsman/man who shapes jewels very well).
2 Ton sein est une coupe arrondie, Où le vin parfumé ne manque pas; Ton corps est un tas de froment, Entouré de lis.
Your navel is [like] [MET] a round bowl that is always full of wine mixed [with spices]. Your waist is [like] [SIM] a mound/bundle of wheat with lilies [growing] around it.
3 Tes deux seins sont comme deux faons, Comme les jumeaux d’une gazelle.
Your breasts are as [as beautiful] as [SIM] two (fawns/young gazelles).
4 Ton cou est comme une tour d’ivoire; Tes yeux sont comme les étangs de Hesbon, Près de la porte de Bath-Rabbim; Ton nez est comme la tour du Liban, Qui regarde du côté de Damas.
Your neck is like [SIM] a tower [made of] ivory. Your eyes [sparkle/shine like] [MET] the pools in Heshbon [city], near the Bath-Rabbim gate. Your nose is [is as lovely] as [SIM] the tower of Lebanon which faces toward Damascus.
5 Ta tête est élevée comme le Carmel, Et les cheveux de ta tête sont comme la pourpre; Un roi est enchaîné par des boucles!…
Your head is [majestic] like [SIM] Carmel Mountain. Your long hair is shiny [SIM] and black; [it is as though] I, your king, am captured by your tresses.
6 Que tu es belle, que tu es agréable, O mon amour, au milieu des délices!
You whom I love, who have many charming features that attract me, are very beautiful and pleasant/pleasing.
7 Ta taille ressemble au palmier, Et tes seins à des grappes.
You are stately like [SIM] a palm tree, and your breasts are like [SIM] clusters/bunches of dates/fruit.
8 Je me dis: Je monterai sur le palmier, J’en saisirai les rameaux! Que tes seins soient comme les grappes de la vigne, Le parfum de ton souffle comme celui des pommes,
I said [to myself], “I will climb that palm tree and take hold of those clusters of dates.” To me, your breasts are like clusters of grapes [that I can feel] and your breath is like the sweet fragrance of apples
9 Et ta bouche comme un vin excellent, … Qui coule aisément pour mon bien-aimé, Et glisse sur les lèvres de ceux qui s’endorment!
and your kisses are like very good wine. My kisses [MTY] go to the one who loves me and flow [like wine] over his lips and his teeth.
10 Je suis à mon bien-aimé, Et ses désirs se portent vers moi.
I belong to the man who loves me, and he desires me.
11 Viens, mon bien-aimé, sortons dans les champs, Demeurons dans les villages!
You who love me, let’s go to the countryside, and sleep among the henna bushes (OR, in one of the villages).
12 Dès le matin nous irons aux vignes, Nous verrons si la vigne pousse, si la fleur s’ouvre, Si les grenadiers fleurissent. Là je te donnerai mon amour.
And let’s go early to the vineyards to see if the grapevines have budded and if there are blossoms on them that have opened, and to see if the pomegranate [trees] are blooming, and there I will make love to you.
13 Les mandragores répandent leur parfum, Et nous avons à nos portes tous les meilleurs fruits, Nouveaux et anciens: Mon bien-aimé, je les ai gardés pour toi.
The mandrakes/love-apples are producing a fragrant odor, and we are surrounded by delightful [pleasures] [MET, EUP], new ones and old ones, pleasures that I have been saving to give to you, who love me.
