Cantiques 6
1 Où est allé ton bien-aimé, ô la plus belle des femmes? De quel côté est allé ton bien-aimé, et nous le chercherons avec toi?
You who are the most beautiful of all the women, where has the one who loves you gone? [If you tell us] which [RHQ] direction he went, we will go with you to search for him.
2 Mon bien-aimé est descendu dans son verger, aux carreaux des drogues aromatiques, pour paître [son troupeau] dans les vergers, et cueillir du muguet.
The one who loves me has now come [to me, who am like] [MET, EUP] his garden, He has come to [enjoy my (charms/physical attractions) which are like] [MET, EUP] spices, to enjoy cuddling up to me [EUP, MET], and [kissing my lips, which are like] [MET] lilies.
3 Je suis à mon bien-aimé, et mon bien-aimé est à moi; il paît [son troupeau] parmi le muguet.
I belong to the one who loves me, and the one who loves me belongs to me; he [enjoys kissing] my lips like [MET] [a shepherd enjoys] taking care of [his sheep].
4 Ma grande amie, tu es belle comme Tirtsa, agréable comme Jérusalem, redoutable comme des armées qui marchent à enseignes déployées.
My darling, you are beautiful, like [SIM] Tirzah [the capital city of Israel] and Jerusalem [the capital city of Judah are beautiful]; you are as exciting [MET] as a [group/battalion of] troops holding up their banners.
5 Détourne tes yeux qu'ils ne me regardent; car ils me forcent; Tes cheveux sont comme un troupeau de chèvres qu'on tond [lorsqu'elles sont descendues] de Galaad.
Quit looking at me like that, because your eyes excite me very much. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats [moving down the slopes] of Gilead [Mountain].
6 Tes dents sont comme un troupeau de brebis qui remontent du lavoir, et qui sont toutes deux à deux, et il n'y en a pas une qui manque.
Your teeth are [very white] like [SIM] a flock of sheep [whose wool] has just been shorn and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
7 Ta tempe est comme une pièce de pomme de grenade au dedans de tes tresses.
Beneath your veil, your cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
8 [Qu'il y ait] soixante Reines, et quatre-vingts concubines, et des vierges sans nombre;
Even if a king had 60 queens and 80 (concubines/slave wives) and more young women than anyone can count,
9 Ma colombe, ma parfaite, est unique; elle est unique à sa mère, à celle qui l'a enfantée; les filles l'ont vue, et l'ont dite bienheureuse; les Reines et les concubines l'ont louée, [en disant]:
[none of them would be like] my dove, who is perfect, you who are your mother’s only daughter, whom your mother considers to be very precious. [Other] young women who see you say that you are fortunate, and the queens and concubines recognize that you [are very beautiful].
10 Qui est celle-ci qui paraît comme l'aube du jour, belle comme la lune, brillante comme le soleil, redoutable comme des armées qui marchent à enseignes déployées?
Who is [RHQ] this woman who is [as delightful] as [SIM] the dawn, as fair/delightful [to look at] as [the light of] the moon, as exciting as a [group/battalion of] troops holding up their banners?
11 Je suis descendu au verger des noyers, pour voir les fruits de la vallée qui mûrissent, et pour voir si la vigne s'avance, et si les grenadiers ont poussé leur fleur.
I went down to some walnut trees to look at the new plants that were growing in the valley. I wanted to see if the grapevines had budded or if the pomegranate trees were blooming.
12 Je ne me suis point aperçu que mon affection m'a rendu semblable aux chariots d'Haminadab.
[But] before I realized it, my desire [to make love caused me to be as excited as] a prince riding in a chariot.
13 Reviens, reviens, ô Sulamite! reviens, reviens, et que nous te contemplions. Que contempleriez-vous en la Sulamite? Comme une danse de deux bandes.
You who are the perfect one, come back [to us], in order that we may see you! Why do you want to look at this woman who is perfect, like [SIM] you like to watch two rows/lines of people dancing?
