Cantar de los Cantares 8
1 Oh, que seas como mi hermano, ¡que amamantó de los pechos de mi madre! Si te encontrara fuera, te besaría; sí, y nadie me despreciaría.
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 Te llevaría, llevándote a la casa de mi madre, que me instruya. Te haría beber vino especiado, 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 Su mano izquierda estaría bajo mi cabeza. Su mano derecha me abrazaba.
You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
4 Os conjuro, hijas de Jerusalén, para que no te agites, ni despiertes el amor, hasta que lo desee.
[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 este que sube del desierto, ¿apoyándose en su amada? Amado Bajo el manzano te desperté. Allí te concibió tu madre. Allí estaba de parto y 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 Ponme como sello en tu corazón, como un sello en el brazo; porque el amor es fuerte como la muerte. Los celos son tan crueles como el Seol. Sus destellos son destellos de fuego, una llama muy de Yahvé. (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 Muchas aguas no pueden apagar el amor, tampoco pueden ahogarla las inundaciones. Si un hombre diera toda la riqueza de su casa por amor, sería totalmente despreciado.
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 pequeña. No tiene pechos. ¿Qué haremos por nuestra hermana en el día en que se va a hablar por ella?
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 es una pared, construiremos en ella una torreta de plata. Si es una puerta, la encerraremos 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 un muro, y mis pechos como torres, entonces estaba en sus ojos como quien encuentra la paz.
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 una viña en Baal Hamón. Arrendó el viñedo a los cuidadores. Cada uno debía traer mil siclos de plata por su fruto.
[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 Mi propia viña está delante de mí. Los mil son para ti, Salomón, doscientos para los que cuidan sus frutos.
[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 Tú que habitas en los jardines, con los amigos que te acompañan, ¡déjame escuchar tu voz!
You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
14 ¡Vengalejos, mi amado! 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.
