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1 네가 내 어미의 젖을 먹은 오라비 같았었더면 내가 밖에서 너를 만날 때에 입을 맞추어도 나를 업신여길 자가 없었을 것이라
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 내가 너를 이끌어 내 어미 집에 들이고 네게서 교훈을 받았으리라 나는 향기로운 술 곧 석류즙으로 네게 마시웠겠고
[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 너는 왼손으론 내 머리에 베게하고 오른손으론 나를 안았었으리라
You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
4 예루살렘 여자들아! 내가 너희에게 부탁한다 나의 사랑하는 자가 원하기 전에는 흔들지 말며 깨우지 말지니라
[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 그 사랑하는 자를 의지하고 거친 들에서 올라오는 여자가 누구인고 너를 인하여 네 어미가 신고한, 너를 낳은 자가 애쓴 그 곳 사과나무 아래서 내가 너를 깨웠노라
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 너는 나를 인 같이 마음에 품고 도장 같이 팔에 두라 사랑은 죽음 같이 강하고 투기는 음부같이 잔혹하며 불같이 일어나니 그 기세가 여호와의 불과 같으니라 (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 이 사랑은 많은 물이 꺼치지 못하겠고 홍수라도 엄몰하지 못하나니 사람이 그 온 가산을 다 주고 사랑과 바꾸려 할지라도 오히려 멸시를 받으리라
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 우리에게 있는 작은 누이는 아직도 유방이 없구나 그가 청혼함을 받는 날에는 우리가 그를 위하여 무엇을 할꼬
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 그가 성벽일진대 우리는 은 망대를 그 위에 세울 것이요 그가 문일진대 우리는 백향목 판자로 두르리라
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 나는 성벽이요 나의 유방은 망대 같으니 그러므로 나는 그의 보기에 화평을 얻은 자 같구나
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 솔로몬이 바알하몬에 포도원이 있어 지키는 자들에게 맡겨두고 그들로 각기 그 실과를 인하여서 은 일천을 바치게 하였구나
[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 솔로몬 너는 일천을 얻겠고 실과 지키는 자도 이백을 얻으려니와 내게 속한 내 포도원은 내 앞에 있구나
[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 너 동산에 거한 자야 동무들이 네 소리에 귀를 기울이니 나로 듣게 하려무나
You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
14 나의 사랑하는 자야! 너는 빨리 달리라 향기로운 산들에서 노루와도 같고 어린 사슴과도 같아여라
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.

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