雅歌 2
1 われはシャロンの野花 谷の百合花なり
I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.—
2 女子等の中にわが佳耦のあるは荊棘の中に百合花のあるがごとし
Like the lily among the thorns, so is my beloved among the young maidens.—
3 わが愛する者の男子等の中にあるは林の樹の中に林檎のあるがごとし 我ふかく喜びてその蔭にすわれり その實はわが口に甘かりき
Like the apple-tree among the trees of the forest, so is my friend among the young men: under his shadow do I ardently wish to sit, and his fruit is sweet to my palate.
4 彼われをたづさへて酒宴の室にいれたまへり その我上にひるがへしたる旗は愛なりき
He brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me was love.
5 請ふ なんぢら乾葡萄をもてわが力をおぎなへ 林檎をもて我に力をつけよ 我は愛によりて疾わづらふ
Strengthen me with flagons of wine, refresh me with apples; for sick of love am I.
6 彼が左の手はわが頭の下にあり その右の手をもて我を抱く
Oh that his left hand might be under my head, and that his right might embrace me.
7 ヱルサレムの女子等よ我なんぢらに獐と野の鹿とをさし誓ひて請ふ 愛のおのづから起るときまでは殊更に喚起し且つ醒すなかれ
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye awaken not, nor excite my love, till it please [to come of itself].—
8 わが愛する者の聲きこゆ 視よ 山をとび 岡を躍りこえて來る
The voice of my friend! behold, there he cometh, leaping over the mountains, skipping over the hills.
9 わが愛する者は獐のごとくまた小鹿のごとし 視よ彼われらの壁のうしろに立ち 窓より覗き 格子より窺ふ
My friend is like a roebuck or the fawn of the hinds: behold, there he standeth behind our wall, looking in at the windows, seeing through the lattice.
10 わが愛する者われに語りて言ふ わが佳耦よ わが美はしき者よ 起ていできたれ
My friend commenced, and said unto me, Rise thee up, my beloved, my fair one, and come along.
11 視よ 冬すでに過ぎ 雨もやみてはやさりぬ
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone its way.
12 もろもろの花は地にあらはれ 鳥のさへづる時すでに至り 班鳩の聲われらの地にきこゆ
The flowers are seen in the land; the time of the [birds'] singing is come, and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
13 無花果樹はその靑き果を赤らめ 葡萄の樹は花さきてその馨はしき香氣をはなつ わが佳耦よ わが美しき者よ 起て出きたれ
The fig-tree perfumeth its green figs, and the vines with young grapes give forth a [pleasant] smell. Arise thee, my beloved, my fair one, and come along.
14 磐間にをり 斷崖の匿處にをるわが鴿よ われに汝の面を見させよ なんぢの聲をきかしめよ なんぢの聲は愛らしく なんぢの面はうるはし
O my dove, who art in the clefts of the rock, in the recesses of the cliffs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is comely.—
15 われらのために狐をとらへよ 彼の葡萄園をそこなふ小狐をとらへよ 我等の葡萄園は花盛なればなり
Seize for us the foxes, the little foxes, that injure the vineyards; for our vineyards have young grapes.
16 わが愛する者は我につき我はかれにつく 彼は百合花の中にてその群を牧ふ
My friend is mine, and I am his—that feedeth among the lilies.
17 わが愛する者よ 日の涼しくなるまで 影の消るまで身をかへして出ゆき 荒き山々の上にありて獐のごとく 小鹿のごとくせよ
Until the day become cool, and the shadows flee away, turn about, my friend, and be thou like the roebuck or the fawn of the hinds upon the mountains of separation.
