Cantar de los Cantares 8
1 ¡Oh, si fueras mi hermano, que tomaste la leche de los pechos de mi madre! Cuando te encontrará por la calle, te daria besos; Y no sería menospreciada.
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 de la mano a la casa de mi madre y ella sería mi maestra. Te daría una copa de vino sazonado, una bebida de la 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 debajo de mi cabeza, y su mano derecha a mi alrededor.
You would put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
4 Prometanme, oh hijas de Jerusalén, que no despierten ni levanten a mi 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 este, quién sale del desierto, descansando sobre su amado? Fui yo quien te despertó debajo del manzano, donde tu madre te dio a luz; Allí ella estaba sufriendo por tu nacimiento.
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 en tu corazón, como un sello en tu brazo; El amor es fuerte como la muerte, y los celos como el inframundo; sus carbones son carbones de fuego; el fuego divino. (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 podrán apagar el amor, o los ríos pueden ahogarlo; si un hombre diera toda la sustancia de su casa por amor, solo 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 joven, y ella no tiene pechos; ¿Qué debemos hacer por nuestra hermana en el día en que se la entregue a un hombre?
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 un muro, haremos de ella una fuerte base de plata; y si es una puerta, la reforzáremos con madera 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 son como torres; entonces estaba yo en sus ojos como alguien a quien habían llegado las buenas oportunidades.
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 un huerto de viñas en Baal-hamon; Dejó el jardín de la vid a los cuidadores; Cada uno tenía que dar mil trozos 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 huerta, que es mía, está delante de mí: tú, oh Salomón, tendrás mil, y los que guardan el fruto de ellos doscientos.
[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 tienes tu lugar de descanso en los jardines, mis compañeros escuchan tu voz; Déjame escuchar tu voz. Ella.
You are staying in the gardens and my friends are listening to your voice; [so] allow me to hear it, [too.]
14 Ven pronto, mi amado, y sé como una gacela 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.
