Cantar de los Cantares 4
1 ¡Qué bella eres, amada mía! ¡Eres realmente hermosa! Tus ojos son palomas detrás de tu velo, Tus cabellos como un rebaño de cabras que descienden de la montaña Galaad.
My darling, you are beautiful, you are very beautiful! Underneath your veil, your eyes are [as gentle as] [MET] doves. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats moving down the slopes of Gilead Mountain.
2 Tus dientes, rebaño de ovejas trasquiladas, Que suben del lavadero. Todas tienen mellizos y no hay estéril entre ellas.
Your teeth are [very white] like [SIM] a flock of sheep [whose wool] has [just] been (shorn/cut off) and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
3 Tus labios son como hilo de grana, Y tu hablar, gracioso. Tus mejillas, como granada partida detrás de tu velo.
Your lips are like [SIM] a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Beneath your veil, your [round, rosy/red] cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
4 Tu cuello, como la torre de David, Hecha para guardar armas, De donde cuelgan 1.000 escudos, Todos escudos de valientes.
Your [long] neck is [beautiful] like [SIM] the tower of [King] David that was built using layers/rows of stone. [The ornaments on your necklaces are like] 1,000 [HYP] shields that are hanging [on the walls of a tower]; each one belongs to a warrior.
5 Tus dos pechos, como crías mellizas de gacela que apacientan entre lirios
Your breasts are [as beautiful] [SIM] as two (fawns/young gazelles) that eat [grass] among lilies.
6 Hasta que refresque el día y declinen las sombras. Me iré a la montaña de la mirra y a la colina del incienso.
Until dawn [tomorrow morning] and the nighttime shadows/darkness disappear, I will [lie close to your breasts] that are [like] [MET] hills that are covered with incense [DOU].
7 ¡Toda tú, oh amada mía, eres hermosa, Y en ti no hay mancha!
My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
8 ¡Ven conmigo desde el Líbano! ¡Oh esposa mía, ven del Líbano! Sal, desde la cumbre del Amaná, Desde la cumbre del Senir y del Hermón, Desde las guaridas de los leones, Desde las montañas de los leopardos.
My bride, [it is as though you are in] [MET] Lebanon [far away, where I cannot reach you]; come back to me. [It is as though you are inaccessible] [MET] on the top of Hermon Mountain or the nearby peaks. Come from where the lions have their dens and where the leopards live on the mountains.
9 ¡Arrebataste mi corazón, hermana mía y esposa mía! ¡Arrebataste mi corazón con uno de tus ojos, Con una sola joya de tu collar!
My bride [DOU], you who are dearer to me than my sister, you have captured my affection [IDM] by only once quickly looking at me, and by one [strand of] jewels in your necklace.
10 ¡Cuán perfecto es tu amor, hermana y esposa mía! ¡Mejores que el vino son tus caricias! ¡Mejor la fragancia de tus ungüentos que todos los perfumes!
My bride, your love for me is delightful! It more delightful than wine! And the fragrance of your perfume is more pleasing than any spice!
11 Oh esposa mía, tus labios destilan miel, La miel y la leche están debajo de tu lengua, Y el aroma de tus vestidos es como la fragancia del Líbano.
Being kissed by you is [as enjoyable as eating] [MTY] honey; your kisses are as sweet as milk [mixed with] honey. The aroma of your clothes is like [SIM] the aroma of [cedar trees in] Lebanon.
12 Huerto cerrado eres, hermana mía, esposa mía, Fuente cerrada, Manantial sellado.
My bride, [you who are dearer to me than] [MET] my sister, you are [like] [MET] a garden that is locked [in order that other men cannot enter it]; [you are like] [MET] a spring or a fountain that is covered [in order that others may not drink from it].
13 Tus renuevos son paraíso de granados con toda clase de frutos deleitosos, De flores de alheña y de nardos,
You are [like] [MET] an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of [plants that produce] henna and nard [spices],
14 Nardo y azafrán, Cálamo aromático y canela, Con todos los árboles de incienso, mirra y áloes, Con los mejores bálsamos y aromas.
and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
15 Eres el manantial del huerto, Pozo de aguas vivas que fluyen del Líbano.
[You are like] [MET] a fountain in a garden, [like] [MET] a spring of clear water that flows [down] from [the mountains of] Lebanon.
16 ¡Despierta, viento del norte! ¡Ven, viento del sur, soplen sobre mi huerto Para que se esparzan sus aromas! ¡Venga mi amado a su huerto Y coma de su dulce fruta!
[I want] the north wind and the south wind to come, and blow on my garden, [in order that] the fragrance [of the spices will] spread through the air. [Similarly], I want the one who loves me to come and enjoy [cuddling up to me] [like] [MET, EUP] someone comes into a garden and enjoys eating the fruit [that grows there].
