Cantar de los Cantares 7
1 ¡Qué hermosos son tus pies en tus sandalias, oh hija de rey! Las curvas de tus caderas son como joyas, el trabajo de las manos de un experto:
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 estómago es un depósito de grano con lirios a su alrededor, y en el medio una copa redonda llena de vino.
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 gacelas gemelas.
Your breasts are as [as beautiful] as [SIM] two (fawns/young gazelles).
4 Tu cuello es como una torre de marfil; tus ojos como los estanques de Hesbón, junto a la puerta de Bat-rabim; Tu nariz es como la torre en el Líbano mirando a 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 es como El Monte Carmelo, y el cabello de tu cabeza es como el púrpura, en cuya red está el rey prisionero.
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 Que hermosa y dulce eres, oh amor, con todos tus encantos.
You whom I love, who have many charming features that attract me, are very beautiful and pleasant/pleasing.
7 Eres alta como una palmera, y tus pechos son como el fruto de la vid.
You are stately like [SIM] a palm tree, and your breasts are like [SIM] clusters/bunches of dates/fruit.
8 Dije: Déjame subir por la palmera, y déjame tomar sus ramas en mis manos: tus pechos serán como el fruto de la vid, y el olor de tu aliento como 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 Él paladar de tu boca como buen vino fluye suavemente por mi amado, moviéndose suavemente sobre los labios y mis dientes.
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 Soy para mi amado, y su deseo es para mí.
I belong to the man who loves me, and he desires me.
11 Ven, mi amado, salgamos al campo; Tomemos un descanso entre las aldeas.
You who love me, let’s go to the countryside, and sleep among the henna bushes (OR, in one of the villages).
12 Salgamos temprano a los viñedos; Veamos si la vid está floreciendo, si han abierto sus flores y si la granada está 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 emiten un olor dulce, y en nuestras puertas hay todo tipo de buenos frutos, nuevos y viejos, que he guardado para mi amado.
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.
