Cantar de los Cantares 4
1 He aquí que tú eres hermosa, o! amor mío, he aquí que tú eres hermosa: tus ojos, de paloma entre tus copetes; tu cabello, como manada de cabras que se muestran desde el monte de 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 como manada de ovejas trasquiladas, que suben del lavadero: que todas ellas paren mellizos, y estéril no hay 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, como un hilo de grana, y tu habla hermosa: tus sienes, como pedazos de granada, dentro de tus copetes.
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 edificada para enseñamientos: mil escudos están colgados de ella, 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 dos cabritos mellizos de gama, que son apacentados entre los lirios.
Your breasts are [as beautiful] [SIM] as two (fawns/young gazelles) that eat [grass] among lilies.
6 Hasta que apunte el día, y huyan las sombras, iré al monte de la mirra, y al collado 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 Tú, toda eres hermosa, o! amor mío, y no hay mancha en ti.
My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
8 Conmigo del Líbano, o! esposa mía, conmigo vendrás del Líbano: mirarás desde la cumbre de Amaná, desde la cumbre de Senir, y de Hermón: desde las moradas de los leones, desde los montes de los tigres.
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 Quitado me has mi corazón, hermana, esposa mía, quitado me has mi corazón, con uno de tus ojos, con un collar de tu cuello.
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 hermosos son tus amores, o! hermana, esposa mía! ¡cuánto son mejores que el vino tus amores! ¡y el olor de tus ungüentos, que todas las especias aromáticas!
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 Panal de miel destilan tus labios, o! esposa mía: miel, y leche están debajo de tu lengua, y el olor de tus vestidos, como el olor 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, o! hermana, esposa mía, fuente cerrada, fuente sellada.
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, como paraíso de granados con frutos suaves; alcanfores, y espicanardi.
You are [like] [MET] an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of [plants that produce] henna and nard [spices],
14 Espicanardi y azafrán, caña aromática, y canela, con todos los árboles de incienso: mirra y áloes, con todas las principales especias.
and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
15 Fuente de huertos, pozo de aguas vivas, que corren 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 Levántate aquilón, y ven, austro, sopla mi huerto, caigan sus especias. 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].
