雅歌 4
1 わが愛する者よ、見よ、あなたは美しい、見よ、あなたは美しい。あなたの目は、顔おおいのうしろにあって、はとのようだ。あなたの髪はギレアデの山を下るやぎの群れのようだ。
My darling, you are beautiful, you are very beautiful! Underneath your veil, your eyes are [as gentle as] [MET] doves. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats moving down the slopes of Gilead Mountain.
2 あなたの歯は洗い場から上ってきた毛を切られた雌羊の群れのようだ。みな二子を産んで、一匹も子のないものはない。
Your teeth are [very white] like [SIM] a flock of sheep [whose wool] has [just] been (shorn/cut off) and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
3 あなたのくちびるは紅の糸のようで、その口は愛らしい。あなたのほおは顔おおいのうしろにあって、ざくろの片われのようだ。
Your lips are like [SIM] a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Beneath your veil, your [round, rosy/red] cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
4 あなたの首は武器倉のために建てたダビデのやぐらのようだ。その上には一千の盾を掛けつらね、みな勇士の大盾である。
Your [long] neck is [beautiful] like [SIM] the tower of [King] David that was built using layers/rows of stone. [The ornaments on your necklaces are like] 1,000 [HYP] shields that are hanging [on the walls of a tower]; each one belongs to a warrior.
5 あなたの両乳ぶさは、かもしかの二子である二匹の子じかが、ゆりの花の中に草を食べているようだ。
Your breasts are [as beautiful] [SIM] as two (fawns/young gazelles) that eat [grass] among lilies.
6 日の涼しくなるまで、影の消えるまで、わたしは没薬の山および乳香の丘へ急ぎ行こう。
Until dawn [tomorrow morning] and the nighttime shadows/darkness disappear, I will [lie close to your breasts] that are [like] [MET] hills that are covered with incense [DOU].
7 わが愛する者よ、あなたはことごとく美しく、少しのきずもない。
My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
8 わが花嫁よ、レバノンからわたしと一緒にきなさい、レバノンからわたしと一緒にきなさい。アマナの頂を去り、セニルおよびヘルモンの頂を去り、ししの穴、ひょうの山を去りなさい。
My bride, [it is as though you are in] [MET] Lebanon [far away, where I cannot reach you]; come back to me. [It is as though you are inaccessible] [MET] on the top of Hermon Mountain or the nearby peaks. Come from where the lions have their dens and where the leopards live on the mountains.
9 わが妹、わが花嫁よ、あなたはわたしの心を奪った。あなたはただひと目で、あなたの首飾のひと玉で、わたしの心を奪った。
My bride [DOU], you who are dearer to me than my sister, you have captured my affection [IDM] by only once quickly looking at me, and by one [strand of] jewels in your necklace.
10 わが妹、わが花嫁よ、あなたの愛は、なんと麗しいことであろう。あなたの愛はぶどう酒よりも、あなたの香油のかおりはすべての香料よりも、いかにすぐれていることであろう。
My bride, your love for me is delightful! It more delightful than wine! And the fragrance of your perfume is more pleasing than any spice!
11 わが花嫁よ、あなたのくちびるは甘露をしたたらせ、あなたの舌の下には、蜜と乳とがある。あなたの衣のかおりはレバノンのかおりのようだ。
Being kissed by you is [as enjoyable as eating] [MTY] honey; your kisses are as sweet as milk [mixed with] honey. The aroma of your clothes is like [SIM] the aroma of [cedar trees in] Lebanon.
12 わが妹、わが花嫁は閉じた園、閉じた園、封じた泉のようだ。
My bride, [you who are dearer to me than] [MET] my sister, you are [like] [MET] a garden that is locked [in order that other men cannot enter it]; [you are like] [MET] a spring or a fountain that is covered [in order that others may not drink from it].
13 あなたの産み出す物は、もろもろの良き実をもつざくろの園、ヘンナおよびナルド、
You are [like] [MET] an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of [plants that produce] henna and nard [spices],
14 ナルド、さふらん、しょうぶ、肉桂、さまざまの乳香の木、没薬、ろかい、およびすべての尊い香料である。
and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
15 あなたは園の泉、生ける水の井、またレバノンから流れ出る川である。
[You are like] [MET] a fountain in a garden, [like] [MET] a spring of clear water that flows [down] from [the mountains of] Lebanon.
16 北風よ、起れ、南風よ、きたれ。わが園を吹いて、そのかおりを広く散らせ。わが愛する者がその園にはいってきて、その良い実を食べるように。
[I want] the north wind and the south wind to come, and blow on my garden, [in order that] the fragrance [of the spices will] spread through the air. [Similarly], I want the one who loves me to come and enjoy [cuddling up to me] [like] [MET, EUP] someone comes into a garden and enjoys eating the fruit [that grows there].
