Песма над песмама 8
1 О да би ми брат био, да би сао сисе матере моје! Нашавши те на пољу пољубила бих те, и не бих била прекорна.
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 Повела бих те и довела бих те у кућу матере своје; ти би ме учио, а ја бих те појила вином мирисавим, соком од шипака.
[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 Лева је рука његова мени под главом, а десном ме грли.
You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
4 Заклињем вас, кћери јерусалимске, не будите љубави моје, не будите је, докле јој не буде воља.
[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 Ко је она што иде горе од пустиње наслањајући се на драгог свог? Под јабуком пробудих те, где те роди мати твоја, где те роди родитељка твоја.
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 Метни ме као печат на срце своје, као печат на мишицу своју. Јер је љубав јака као смрт, и љубавна сумња тврда као гроб; жар је њен као жар огњен, пламен Божји. (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 Многа вода не може угасити љубави, нити је реке потопити. Да ко даје све имање дома свог за ту љубав, осрамотио би се.
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 Имамо сестру малену, која још нема дојака. Шта ћемо чинити са сестром својом кад буде реч о њој?
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 Ако је зид, заградићемо на њему двор од сребра; ако ли врата, утврдићемо их даскама кедровим.
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 Ја сам зид и дојке су моје као куле. Тада постах у очима његовим као она која нађе мир.
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 Виноград имаше Соломун у Валамону; даде виноград чуварима да сваки доноси за род његов по хиљаду сребрника.
[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 Мој виноград који ја имам, преда мном је. Нека теби, Соломуне, хиљада, и две стотине онима који чувају род његов.
[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 Која наставаш у вртовима! Другови слушају глас твој, дај ми да га чујем.
You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
14 Брже, драги мој! И буди као срна или као јеленче на горама мирисним.
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.
