Cantar de los Cantares 7
1 ¡Qué hermosos son tus pies en sandalias, hija del príncipe! Tus muslos redondeados son como joyas, el trabajo de las manos de un hábil obrero.
You who are the daughter of a prince/king, you have lovely feet in your sandals. Your curved hips/thighs are like [SIM] jewels that have been made by a (skilled craftsman/man who shapes jewels very well).
2 Tu cuerpo es como una copa redonda, no falta ningún vino mezclado. Tu cintura es como un montón de trigo, con lirios.
Your navel is [like] [MET] a round bowl that is always full of wine mixed [with spices]. Your waist is [like] [SIM] a mound/bundle of wheat with lilies [growing] around it.
3 Tus dos pechos son como dos cervatillos, que son gemelos de una corza.
Your breasts are as [as beautiful] as [SIM] two (fawns/young gazelles).
4 Tu cuello es como una torre de marfil. Tus ojos son como los estanques de Hesbón, junto a la puerta de Bathrabbim. Tu nariz es como la torre del Líbano que mira hacia Damasco.
Your neck is like [SIM] a tower [made of] ivory. Your eyes [sparkle/shine like] [MET] the pools in Heshbon [city], near the Bath-Rabbim gate. Your nose is [is as lovely] as [SIM] the tower of Lebanon which faces toward Damascus.
5 Tu cabeza en ti es como el Carmelo. El pelo de tu cabeza como la púrpura. El rey está cautivo en sus mechones.
Your head is [majestic] like [SIM] Carmel Mountain. Your long hair is shiny [SIM] and black; [it is as though] I, your king, am captured by your tresses.
6 Qué hermosa y qué agradable eres, ¡el amor, por las delicias!
You whom I love, who have many charming features that attract me, are very beautiful and pleasant/pleasing.
7 Esta, tu estatura, es como una palmera, tus pechos como su fruto.
You are stately like [SIM] a palm tree, and your breasts are like [SIM] clusters/bunches of dates/fruit.
8 Dije: “Me subiré a la palmera. Me apoderaré de su fruto”. Que tus pechos sean como racimos de vid, el olor de tu aliento como el de las manzanas.
I said [to myself], “I will climb that palm tree and take hold of those clusters of dates.” To me, your breasts are like clusters of grapes [that I can feel] and your breath is like the sweet fragrance of apples
9 Tu boca es como el mejor vino, que se le va de las manos a mi amada, deslizándose por los labios de los que duermen.
and your kisses are like very good wine. My kisses [MTY] go to the one who loves me and flow [like wine] over his lips and his teeth.
10 Yo soy de mi amada. Su deseo es hacia mí.
I belong to the man who loves me, and he desires me.
11 ¡Ven, amado mío! Salgamos al campo. Alojémonos en los pueblos.
You who love me, let’s go to the countryside, and sleep among the henna bushes (OR, in one of the villages).
12 Vayamos temprano a los viñedos. Veamos si la vid ha brotado, su flor está abierta, y las granadas están en flor. Allí te daré mi amor.
And let’s go early to the vineyards to see if the grapevines have budded and if there are blossoms on them that have opened, and to see if the pomegranate [trees] are blooming, and there I will make love to you.
13 Las mandrágoras producen fragancia. A nuestras puertas hay todo tipo de frutos preciosos, nuevos y viejos, que he guardado para ti, mi amada.
The mandrakes/love-apples are producing a fragrant odor, and we are surrounded by delightful [pleasures] [MET, EUP], new ones and old ones, pleasures that I have been saving to give to you, who love me.
