שיר השירים 7
| מה יפו פעמיך בנעלים בת נדיב חמוקי ירכיך--כמו חלאים מעשה ידי אמן | 1 |
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).
| שררך אגן הסהר אל יחסר המזג בטנך ערמת חטים סוגה בשושנים | 2 |
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.
| שני שדיך כשני עפרים תאמי צביה | 3 |
Your breasts are as [as beautiful] as [SIM] two (fawns/young gazelles).
| צוארך כמגדל השן עיניך ברכות בחשבון על שער בת רבים--אפך כמגדל הלבנון צופה פני דמשק | 4 |
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.
| ראשך עליך ככרמל ודלת ראשך כארגמן מלך אסור ברהטים | 5 |
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.
| מה יפית ומה נעמת--אהבה בתענוגים | 6 |
You whom I love, who have many charming features that attract me, are very beautiful and pleasant/pleasing.
| זאת קומתך דמתה לתמר ושדיך לאשכלות | 7 |
You are stately like [SIM] a palm tree, and your breasts are like [SIM] clusters/bunches of dates/fruit.
| אמרתי אעלה בתמר אחזה בסנסניו ויהיו נא שדיך כאשכלות הגפן וריח אפך כתפוחים | 8 |
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
| וחכך כיין הטוב הולך לדודי למישרים דובב שפתי ישנים | 9 |
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.
| אני לדודי ועלי תשוקתו | 10 |
I belong to the man who loves me, and he desires me.
| לכה דודי נצא השדה נלינה בכפרים | 11 |
You who love me, let’s go to the countryside, and sleep among the henna bushes (OR, in one of the villages).
| נשכימה לכרמים--נראה אם פרחה הגפן פתח הסמדר הנצו הרמונים שם אתן את דדי לך | 12 |
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.
| הדודאים נתנו ריח ועל פתחינו כל מגדים--חדשים גם ישנים דודי צפנתי לך | 13 |
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.
