Canticum Canticorum 1
THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's.
2 osculetur me osculo oris sui quia meliora sunt ubera tua vino
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth — for thy love is better than wine.
3 fraglantia unguentis optimis oleum effusum nomen tuum ideo adulescentulae dilexerunt te
Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee.
4 trahe me post te curremus introduxit me rex in cellaria sua exultabimus et laetabimur in te memores uberum tuorum super vinum recti diligunt te
Draw me, we will run after thee; the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will find thy love more fragrant than wine! sincerely do they love thee.
5 nigra sum sed formonsa filiae Hierusalem sicut tabernacula Cedar sicut pelles Salomonis
'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6 nolite me considerare quod fusca sim quia decoloravit me sol filii matris meae pugnaverunt contra me posuerunt me custodem in vineis vineam meam non custodivi
Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.'
7 indica mihi quem diligit anima mea ubi pascas ubi cubes in meridie ne vagari incipiam per greges sodalium tuorum
Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions?
8 si ignoras te o pulchra inter mulieres egredere et abi post vestigia gregum et pasce hedos tuos iuxta tabernacula pastorum
If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents.
9 equitatui meo in curribus Pharaonis adsimilavi te amica mea
I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.
10 pulchrae sunt genae tuae sicut turturis collum tuum sicut monilia
Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads.
11 murenulas aureas faciemus tibi vermiculatas argento
We will make thee circlets of gold with studs of silver.
12 dum esset rex in accubitu suo nardus mea dedit odorem suum
While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
13 fasciculus murrae dilectus meus mihi inter ubera mea commorabitur
My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt my breasts.
14 botrus cypri dilectus meus mihi in vineis Engaddi
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi.
15 ecce tu pulchra es amica mea ecce tu pulchra oculi tui columbarum
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves.
16 ecce tu pulcher es dilecte mi et decorus lectulus noster floridus
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy.
17 tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina laquearia nostra cypressina
The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses.
