Ἆσμα Ἀσμάτων 6
1 Που υπήγεν ο αγαπητός σου, ω ωραία μεταξύ των γυναικών; που εστράφη ο αγαπητός σου; και θέλομεν ζητήσει αυτόν μετά σου.
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 Ο αγαπητός μου κατέβη εις τον κήπον αυτού, εις τας πρασιάς των αρωμάτων, διά να ποιμαίνη εν τοις κήποις και να συνάγη κρίνα.
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 Εγώ είμαι του αγαπητού μου, και εμού ο αγαπητός μου· ποιμαίνει μεταξύ των κρίνων.
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 Είσαι ώραία, αγαπητή μου, ως Θερσά, εύχαρις ως η Ιερουσαλήμ, τρομερά ως στράτευμα με σημαίας.
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 Απόστρεψον τους οφθαλμούς σου απεναντίον μου, διότι με κατέπληξαν· τα μαλλία σου είναι ως ποίμνιον αιγών καταβαινόντων από Γαλαάδ.
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 Οι οδόντες σου είναι ως ποίμνιον προβάτων, αναβαινόντων από της λούσεως, τα οποία πάντα γεννώσι δίδυμα, και δεν υπάρχει άτεκνον μεταξύ αυτών·
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 αι παρειαί σου ως τμήμα ροϊδίου μεταξύ των πλοκάμων σου.
Beneath your veil, your cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
8 Εξήκοντα βασίλισσαι είναι και ογδοήκοντα παλλακαί, και νεάνιδες αναρίθμητοι·
Even if a king had 60 queens and 80 (concubines/slave wives) and more young women than anyone can count,
9 μία είναι η περιστερά μου, η αμώμητός μου· αυτή είναι η μόνη της μητρός αυτής· είναι η εκλεκτή της τεκούσης αυτήν. Είδον αυτήν αι θυγατέρες και εμακάρισαν αυτήν· αι βασίλισσαι και αι παλλακαί, και επήνεσαν αυτήν.
[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 Τις αύτη, η προκύπτουσα ως αυγή, ώραία ως η σελήνη, λάμπουσα ως ο ήλιος, τρομερά ως στράτευμα με σημαίας;
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 Κατέβην εις τον κήπον των καρυών διά να ίδω την χλόην της κοιλάδος, να ίδω εάν εβλάστησεν η άμπελος και εξήνθησαν αι ροϊδιαί.
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 Χωρίς να αισθανθώ, η ψυχή μου με κατέστησεν ως τας αμάξας του Αμινναδίβ.
[But] before I realized it, my desire [to make love caused me to be as excited as] a prince riding in a chariot.
13 Επίστρεψον, επίστρεψον, ω Σουλαμίτις· επίστρεψον, επίστρεψον, διά να σε θεωρήσωμεν. Τι θέλετε ιδεί εις την Σουλαμίτιν; Ως χορόν δύο στρατοπέδων;
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?
