Canticum Canticorum 2
1 [Ego flos campi, et lilium convallium.
I am [like] [MET] a flower/rose from the Sharon [Plain], and [like] [MET] a lily [that grows] in a valley.
2 Sponsus Sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter filias.
Among the [other] young women, the one whom I love is like [MET] a lily [growing] among thorns!
3 Sponsa Sicut malus inter ligna silvarum, sic dilectus meus inter filios. Sub umbra illius quem desideraveram sedi, et fructus ejus dulcis gutturi meo.
And among [the other] men, you, the man who loves me, are like [MET] an apple/fruit tree [that grows] in the forest. [You are like a tree whose] shadow [protects me from the sun], and your [being close to me] [EUP] is like [MET] eating sweet fruit.
4 Introduxit me in cellam vinariam; ordinavit in me caritatem.
You led me to the (banquet room/room where we could make love), and it is evident that you love me very much.
5 Fulcite me floribus, stipate me malis, quia amore langueo.
Refresh me and strengthen me [with your lovemaking] [like I am refreshed by eating] [MET, EUP] raisins and other fruit, because I very much desire that you love me even more.
6 Læva ejus sub capite meo, et dextera illius amplexabitur me.
Put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
7 Sponsus Adjuro vos, filiæ Jerusalem, per capreas cervosque camporum, ne suscitetis, neque evigilare faciatis dilectam, quoadusque ipsa velit.
You young women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles [are listening], that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.
8 Sponsa Vox dilecti mei; ecce iste venit, saliens in montibus, transiliens colles.
I hear the voice of the man who loves me. [It is as though] [MET] he is leaping over the mountains and skipping over the hills
9 Similis est dilectus meus capreæ, hinnuloque cervorum. En ipse stat post parietem nostrum, respiciens per fenestras, prospiciens per cancellos.
like [SIM] a deer or a gazelle. Now he is standing outside the wall of our house, looking in the window, and peering through the (lattice/wooden strips inside the window frame).
10 En dilectus meus loquitur mihi. Sponsus Surge, propera, amica mea, columba mea, formosa mea, et veni:
He spoke to me and said, “You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me [CHI]!
11 jam enim hiems transiit; imber abiit, et recessit.
Look, the (winter/cold season) is ended; the rain has stopped;
12 Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra; tempus putationis advenit: vox turturis audita est in terra nostra;
flowers are blooming throughout the country/land. It is now time to sing; we hear the doves cooing.
13 ficus protulit grossos suos; vineæ florentes dederunt odorem suum. Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni:
There are young/new figs on the fig trees, and there are blossoms on the grapevines and their fragrance fills the air. You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me!
14 columba mea, in foraminibus petræ, in caverna maceriæ, ostende mihi faciem tuam, sonet vox tua in auribus meis: vox enim tua dulcis, et facies tua decora.
[You are like] [MET] a dove that is hiding [far from me] in an opening/crack in the rocky cliff. Show me your face, and allow me to hear your voice, because your voice is sweet-sounding and your face is lovely [CHI].”
15 Sponsa Capite nobis vulpes parvulas quæ demoliuntur vineas: nam vinea nostra floruit.
[There are other men who are like] [MET] little jackals/foxes that ruin vineyards; do not allow [those men to attack me].
16 Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi, qui pascitur inter lilia,
You who love me, I belong to you and you belong to me, and you [experience pleasure when you kiss] my lips [like] [MET] a shepherd enjoys taking care of his sheep.
17 donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbræ. Revertere; similis esto, dilecte mi, capreæ, hinnuloque cervorum super montes Bether.]
You who love me, come and be like [SIM] a gazelle or like a young deer on the hills of Bether, and then flee like a deer at dawn [tomorrow morning], when the darkness fades.
