Cantico dei Cantici 8
1 Oh fossi tu pur come un mio fratello, Che ha poppato le mammelle di mia madre! Trovandoti io fuori, ti bacerei, E pur non [ne] sarei sprezzata.
I wish that you were my brother who (nursed at/drank milk from) my mother’s breasts [when you were a baby], [because, if you were my brother], if I saw you when you were outside [the house], I could kiss you, and no one would say that my doing that was wrong.
2 Io ti menerei, e ti condurrei in casa di mia madre; Tu mi ammaestreresti, Ed io ti darei a bere del vino aromatico, Del mosto del mio melagrano.
[No one would object if] I led you to my mother’s house, to where my mother, who taught me [many things], lives. I would like to take you to my mother’s house because I would [like to make love to you] [EUP], [and that would be as delightful as] [MET] juice [squeezed] from pomegranates.
3 [Sia] la sua man sinistra sotto al mio capo, Ed abbraccimi la sua destra.
You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
4 Io vi scongiuro, figliuole di Gerusalemme, Che non destiate l'amor [mio] e non le rompiate il sonno, Finchè non le piaccia.
[I would say to] you women of Jerusalem, “Solemnly promise me that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.”
5 CHI [è] costei, che sale dal deserto, Che si appoggia vezzosamente sopra il suo amico? Io ti ho svegliato sotto un melo, Dove tua madre ti ha partorito, Là dove quella che ti ha partorito si è sgravidata di te.
Who is that [woman] who is coming up from the desert, (leaning on/clinging close to) the man who loves her? I woke you up [when you were] under the apple tree at the place where your mother conceived you, which is the same place where she gave birth to you.
6 Mettimi come un suggello in sul tuo cuore, Come un suggello in sul tuo braccio; Perciocchè l'amore [è] forte come la morte, La gelosia [è] dura come l'inferno. Le sue brace [son] brace di fuoco, [Son] fiamma dell'Eterno. (Sheol h7585)
Keep me [close to you], like [SIM] a seal on your heart, [or] like [SIM] a bracelet on your arm. Our love [for each other] is as powerful as death, it is as enduring as the grave. [It is as though] our love [for each other] bursts into flames and burns like a hot fire. (Sheol h7585)
7 Molte acque non potrebbero spegnere quest'amore, Nè fiumi inondarlo; Se alcuno desse tutta la sostanza di casa sua per quest'amore, Non se ne farebbe stima alcuna.
Nothing can extinguish our love [for each other], not [even] a flood. If a man tried to cause a woman to love him by saying he would give her everything that is in his house, she would refuse.
8 Noi abbiamo una piccola sorella, La quale non ha ancora mammelle; Che faremo noi alla nostra sorella, Quando si terrà ragionamento di lei?
We have a younger sister, and her breasts are still small. So this is [RHQ] what we should do for her on the day that we promise [some young man] that he can marry her:
9 Se ella [è] un muro, Noi vi edificheremo sopra un palazzo d'argento; E se [è] un uscio, Noi la rinforzeremo di tavole di cedro.
If [her chest is flat like] [MET] a wall, we will [decorate it by] putting silver [jewels that are like] [MET] towers on it. Or, if she is [flat like] [MET] a door, we will decorate her with bits/pieces of cedar wood.
10 Io [sono] un muro, Ed i miei seni [son] come torri; Allora sono stata nel suo cospetto come quella che ha trovata pace.
My [chest was previously flat like] [MET] a wall, [but now] my breasts are [big] like [SIM] towers. So the one who loves me is delighted with me.
11 Salomone avea una vigna in Baal-hamon, Ed egli la diede a de' guardiani, [Con patti che] ciascun [di loro gli] portasse mille [sicli] d'argento Per lo frutto di essa.
[King] Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon, and he rented it to people for them to take care of it. He required each one to pay him 1,000 pieces of silver [each year] for the grapes [that they harvested].
12 La mia vigna, che [è] mia, [è] davanti a me. [Sieno] i mille [sicli] tuoi, o Salomone; Ed abbianne i guardiani del frutto di essa dugento.
[But my body is like] [MET] my own vineyard, and Solomon, I am giving it to you. [You do not need to pay me] 1,000 pieces of silver [to enjoy my body], but I will give 200 pieces of silver to those who take care of me [MET].
13 O tu, che dimori ne' giardini, I compagni attendono alla tua voce; Famme[la] udire.
You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
14 Riduciti prestamente, o amico mio, A guisa di cavriuolo, o di cerbiatto, Sopra i monti degli aromati.
You who love me, come [to me] quickly; [run to me] [MET, EUP] as fast as [SIM] a gazelle or young deer runs across [MET] hills of spices.
