Cantar de los Cantares 1
1 Cantar de los cantares de Salomón.
This is [King] Solomon’s most beautiful song.
2 Bésame, bésame con tu boca una y otra vez, porque tu amor es más dulce que el vino.
Kiss me [on my lips], because your love [for me] is more delightful than wine.
3 Me encanta cómo hueles con los aceites perfumados que utilizas. Tienes un gran renombre—se extiende como el aceite perfumado derramado. No es de extrañar que todas las jóvenes te adoren.
The fragrance of the cologne on your [skin] is [very] sweet/pleasing [CHI]. And your reputation is [very] good and spreads, [like] [SIM] the fragrance of the special oil spread on your skin. That is why the [other] young women are attracted to you.
4 ¡Tómame de la mano, corramos! (El rey me ha llevado a su dormitorio). Seamos felices juntos y encontremos placer en tu amor. Tu amor es mucho mejor que el vino. ¡Las mujeres tienen razón en adorarte tanto!
Take me quickly; take me to your home. [It is as though] you are my king; take me into your room. We are very happy [DOU] about you; we say that your love [for each other] is better than wine. It is not surprising that the other young women adore you.
5 Soy negra, pero soy hermosa, mujeres de Jerusalén, como las tiendas de Cedar, como las cortinas de Salomón.
You women of Jerusalem, I am dark but beautiful; my dark skin is like [SIM] the tents in Kedar, [or] like the beautiful curtains in Solomon’s palace.
6 No me desprecies porque soy negra, porque el sol me ha quemado. Mis hermanos se enojaron conmigo y me obligaron a cuidar las viñas, y no pude cuidar mi propia viña.
[But] do not stare at me because of the sun having caused my skin to become dark; my brothers were angry with me, [so] they forced me to work [out in the sunshine] in the vineyards, so I was not able to take good care of my body/skin [CHI, MET].
7 Mi amor, por favor, dime a dónde vas a llevar tu rebaño. ¿Dónde los harás descansar al mediodía? Porque ¿por qué tengo que llevar un velo mientras te busco entre los rebaños de tus compañeros?
You whom I [SYN] love, where will you take your flock of sheep today? Where will you allow them to rest at noontime? I want to know because it is not right [RHQ] for me to wander around like a prostitute looking for you among the flocks that belong to your friends.
8 Si realmente no lo sabes, tú que eres más hermosa que cualquier otra mujer, sigue las huellas de mi rebaño, y deja que tus cabras pasten cerca de las tiendas de los pastores.
You who are the most beautiful of all the women, if you [search for me and] do not know [where I will take my sheep], follow the tracks/footprints of the sheep. [Then] allow your young goats to (graze/eat grass) near the shepherds’ tents.
9 Querida, para mí eres como una yegua entre los caballos del Faraón que tiran de sus carros,
You [are beautiful], my darling, like the young female horse that pulls the chariot of the king of Egypt.
10 Tus hermosas mejillas adornadas con adornos, tu cuello con cordones de joyas.
Your cheeks are decorated with jewelry, and there are strings of beads/pearls around your neck.
11 Hagamos para ti unos adornos de oro con incrustaciones de plata.
We will make for you [some] gold earrings that are decorated/inlaid with silver.
12 Mientras el rey estaba tumbado en su lecho, mi perfume de nardo desprendía su fragancia.
While the king was on his couch, the smell of my perfume spread [around the room].
13 Mi amor es como una funda de mirra, tumbada toda la noche entre mis pechos.
The man who loves me is [as delightful as [MET]] a (sachet/small cloth bag) of myrrh between my breasts.
14 Mi amor es como un ramo de flores de henna fragantes en los viñedos de Engedi.
He is like [MET] a bunch of flowers from the vineyards at En-Gedi.
15 ¡Mira qué hermosa eres, querida, qué hermosa! Tus ojos son suaves como palomas.
You whom I love, you are beautiful; you are very beautiful! Your eyes are [as delightful/charming as] doves.
16 Y tú, mi amor, eres tan guapo, ¡qué encantador eres! La hierba verde es nuestra cama,
You who love me, you are very delightful/handsome, you are wonderful! This green grass will be [like] a couch [where we lie down].
17 con cedros como vigas para nuestra “casa”, y árboles de pino para las vigas.
[Branches of] cedar [trees] will shade us; [it is as though branches of] juniper/pine [trees] will be like [MET] a roof [over our heads].
