Cantar de los Cantares 8
1 Cómo me gustaría que fueras como un hermano para mí, uno que amamantara a los pechos de mi madre. Entonces, si te encontrara en la calle, podría besarte y nadie me regañaría.
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 Entonces podría llevarte a casa de mi madre, donde ella me enseñaba. Te daría a beber vino aromático del jugo de mi granada.
[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 Sostiene mi cabeza con su mano izquierda y me estrecha con la derecha.
You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
4 Mujeres de Jerusalén, júrenme que no perturbarán nuestro amor hasta el momento oportuno.
[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 ¿Quién es éste que viene del desierto sosteniendo su amor cerca de ella? Mujer: Te desperté bajo el manzano donde tu madre te concibió y donde te dio a luz.
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 Pon mi nombre como un sello en tu corazón, como un sello en tu brazo, porque el amor es fuerte como la muerte, la pasión tan inquebrantable como el sepulcro; sus flechas brillan como el fuego, una llama ardiente del Señor. (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 Las inundaciones de agua no pueden extinguir el amor; los ríos no pueden sumergirlo. Si un hombre ofreciera todo lo que posee para comprar el amor, sería totalmente rechazado.
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 Tenemos una hermana menor cuyos pechos son todavía pequeños. ¿Qué haremos por nuestra hermana cuando alguien nos pida matrimonio?
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 Si ella fuera una pared, construiríamos sobre ella una torre de plata. Pero si fuera una puerta, le cerraríamos el paso con tablas de cedro.
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 Soy una pared, y mis pechos son como torres. ¡Por eso cuando él me mira es feliz!
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 Salomón tenía un viñedo en Baal-hamón que arrendaba a agricultores arrendatarios. Cada uno de ellos le pagaba mil monedas de plata por el fruto que producía.
[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 Pero mi viña es mía, es sólo mía. Mil monedas de plata son para ti, Salomón, y doscientas para los que la cuidan.
[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 Querida, sentada allí en los jardines con compañeros escuchándote... ¡Por favor, háblame a mi!
You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
14 ¡Ven rápido, mi amor! Sé como una gacela o un joven ciervo en las montañas de las especias.
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.
