Cantar de los Cantares 4
1 ¡Qué hermosa eres, amiga mía! ¡Cuán hermosa eres tú! Tus ojos son palomas, detrás de tu velo. Tu cabellera es como un rebaño de cabras, que va por la montaña de Galaad.
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 Son tus dientes como hatos de ovejas esquiladas, que suben del lavadero, todas con crías mellizas, sin que haya entre ellas una estéril.
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 Como cinta de púrpura son tus labios, y graciosa es tu boca. Como mitades de granada son tus mejillas, detrás de tu velo.
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 Tu cuello es cual la torre de David, construida para armería, de la que penden mil escudos, todos ellos arneses de valientes.
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 Como dos mellizos de gacela que pacen entre azucenas, son tus dos pechos.
Your breasts are [as beautiful] [SIM] as two (fawns/young gazelles) that eat [grass] among lilies.
6 Mientras sopla la brisa y se alargan las sombras, me iré al monte de la mirra, y al collado del incienso.
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 Eres toda hermosa, amiga mía, y no hay en ti defecto alguno.
My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
8 ¡Ven del Líbano, esposa mía! ¡Ven conmigo del Líbano! ¡Mira de la cima del Amaná, de la cumbre del Senir y del Hermón, de las guaridas de los leones, de las montañas de los leopardos!
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 Me has arrebatado el corazón, hermana mía, esposa. Me has arrebatado el corazón con una de tus miradas, con una perla de tu collar.
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 ¡Cuán dulce son tus amores, hermana mía, esposa! ¡Cuánto más dulces son tus caricias que el vino; y la fragancia de tus perfumes que todos los bálsamos!
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 Miel destilan tus labios, esposa mía, miel y leche hay debajo de tu lengua; y el perfume de tus vestidos es como el olor del Líbano.
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 Un huerto cerrado es mi hermana esposa, manantial cerrado, fuente sellada.
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 Tus renuevos son un vergel de granados, con frutas exquisitas; cipro y nardo;
You are [like] [MET] an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of [plants that produce] henna and nard [spices],
14 nardo y azafrán, canela y cinamomo, con todos los árboles de incienso; mirra y áloes, con todos los aromas selectos.
and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
15 La fuente del jardín es pozo de aguas vivas, y los arroyos fluyen del Líbano.
[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 ¡Levántate, oh Aquilón, ven, oh Austro! ¡Qué se esparzan sus aromas! ¡Venga mi amado a su jardín y coma de sus exquisitas frutas!
[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].
