Cantar de los Cantares 2
1 Soy una rosa de Sarón, un lirio de los valles.
I am [like] [MET] a flower/rose from the Sharon [Plain], and [like] [MET] a lily [that grows] in a valley.
2 Como un lirio entre espinas, así es mi amor entre las hijas.
Among the [other] young women, the one whom I love is like [MET] a lily [growing] among thorns!
3 Como el manzano entre los árboles del bosque, así es mi amado entre los hijos. Me senté bajo su sombra con gran placer, su fruta era dulce para mi gusto.
And among [the other] men, you, the man who loves me, are like [MET] an apple/fruit tree [that grows] in the forest. [You are like a tree whose] shadow [protects me from the sun], and your [being close to me] [EUP] is like [MET] eating sweet fruit.
4 Me llevó a la sala de banquetes. Su estandarte sobre mí es el amor.
You led me to the (banquet room/room where we could make love), and it is evident that you love me very much.
5 Fortaléceme con las pasas, refrescarme con manzanas; ya que me siento débil de amor.
Refresh me and strengthen me [with your lovemaking] [like I am refreshed by eating] [MET, EUP] raisins and other fruit, because I very much desire that you love me even more.
6 Su mano izquierda está bajo mi cabeza. Su mano derecha me abraza.
Put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
7 Os conjuro, hijas de Jerusalén, por las corzas, o por las ciervas del campo, para que no te agites, ni despiertes el amor, hasta que lo desee.
You young women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles [are listening], that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.
8 ¡La voz de mi amado! He aquí que viene, saltando en las montañas, saltando en las colinas.
I hear the voice of the man who loves me. [It is as though] [MET] he is leaping over the mountains and skipping over the hills
9 Mi amado es como un corzo o un ciervo joven. ¡Contempla, está detrás de nuestro muro! Mira hacia las ventanas. Mira a través de la celosía.
like [SIM] a deer or a gazelle. Now he is standing outside the wall of our house, looking in the window, and peering through the (lattice/wooden strips inside the window frame).
10 Mi amado habló y me dijo, “Levántate, mi amor, mi bella, y ven.
He spoke to me and said, “You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me [CHI]!
11 Porque he aquí que el invierno ha pasado. La lluvia ha terminado y se ha ido.
Look, the (winter/cold season) is ended; the rain has stopped;
12 Las flores aparecen en la tierra. Ha llegado el momento del canto, y la voz de la tórtola se oye en nuestra tierra.
flowers are blooming throughout the country/land. It is now time to sing; we hear the doves cooing.
13 La higuera madura sus higos verdes. Las vides están en flor. Desprenden su fragancia. Levántate, mi amor, mi bella, y váyase”.
There are young/new figs on the fig trees, and there are blossoms on the grapevines and their fragrance fills the air. You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me!
14 Mi paloma en las hendiduras de la roca, en los escondites de la ladera de la montaña, déjame ver tu cara. Déjame escuchar tu voz; porque tu voz es dulce y tu rostro es hermoso.
[You are like] [MET] a dove that is hiding [far from me] in an opening/crack in the rocky cliff. Show me your face, and allow me to hear your voice, because your voice is sweet-sounding and your face is lovely [CHI].”
15 Atrapa para nosotros los zorros, los pequeños zorros que saquean los viñedos; porque nuestros viñedos están en flor.
[There are other men who are like] [MET] little jackals/foxes that ruin vineyards; do not allow [those men to attack me].
16 Mi amado es mío, y yo soy suya. Navega entre los lirios.
You who love me, I belong to you and you belong to me, and you [experience pleasure when you kiss] my lips [like] [MET] a shepherd enjoys taking care of his sheep.
17 Hasta que el día se enfríe y las sombras huyan, vuelta, mi amado, y ser como un corzo o un joven ciervo en las montañas de Bether.
You who love me, come and be like [SIM] a gazelle or like a young deer on the hills of Bether, and then flee like a deer at dawn [tomorrow morning], when the darkness fades.
