Cantar de los Cantares 8
1 ¡Oh, si tú fueras como mi hermano, Que mamó los pechos de mi propia madre! Al hallarte afuera yo te besaría, Y nadie me menospreciaría.
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, te metería en la casa de mi madre. Tú me enseñarías, Y yo te daría a beber vino aromatizado del mosto de mis granadas.
[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 izquierda esté bajo mi cabeza, Y su derecha me abrace.
You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
4 ¡Las conjuro, oh hijas de Jerusalén, Que no despierten Ni hagan velar al amor hasta que quiera!
[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 la que sube del desierto, Recostada sobre su amado? Debajo del manzano te desperté. Allí tuvo dolores tu madre, Allí tuvo los dolores la que 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 un sello sobre tu corazón, Como una marca sobre tu brazo. Porque fuerte como la muerte es el amor, Y obstinados son los celos como el Seol, Sus ascuas son carbones encendidos de fuego, La misma llama de YA. (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 Las muchas aguas no pueden apagar el amor, Ni los ríos pueden extinguirlo. Si el hombre ofreciera por el amor todas las riquezas de su casa, De cierto sería menospreciado.
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, que aún no tiene pechos. ¿Qué haremos por nuestra hermana cuando se hable de 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 ella es muro, Le colocaremos torrecillas de plata, Y si es puerta la reforzaremos con tablones 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 Yo soy muro, Y mis pechos son torreones, Y ahora soy ante sus ojos como la que halla 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 tuvo una viña en Baal-hamón. La entregó al cuidado de guardias. Cada uno de ellos debía entregar 1.000 monedas 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 viña, que es mía, está delante de mí. Tú, oh Salomón, tendrás las 1.000, Y 200 para los que guardan su fruto.
[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 ¡Oh la que habita en los huertos, Los compañeros escuchan tu voz! ¡Házmela escuchar!
You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
14 Apresúrate, amado mío, Sé como el venado o el cervatillo, Sobre 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.
