Höga Visan 6
1 Hvart är då din vän gången, o du dägeligasta ibland qvinnor? Hvart hafver din vän vändt sig, så vilje vi honom söka med dig.
You who are the most beautiful of all the women, where has the one who loves you gone? [If you tell us] which [RHQ] direction he went, we will go with you to search for him.
2 Min vän är nedergången uti sin örtagård, till örtasängarna, att han sig der förlusta skall i örtagårdarna, och hemta roser.
The one who loves me has now come [to me, who am like] [MET, EUP] his garden, He has come to [enjoy my (charms/physical attractions) which are like] [MET, EUP] spices, to enjoy cuddling up to me [EUP, MET], and [kissing my lips, which are like] [MET] lilies.
3 Min vän är min, och jag är hans, den sig ibland roser förlustar.
I belong to the one who loves me, and the one who loves me belongs to me; he [enjoys kissing] my lips like [MET] [a shepherd enjoys] taking care of [his sheep].
4 Du äst dägelig, min kära, såsom Thirza; lustig såsom Jerusalem, förskräckelig såsom en härordan.
My darling, you are beautiful, like [SIM] Tirzah [the capital city of Israel] and Jerusalem [the capital city of Judah are beautiful]; you are as exciting [MET] as a [group/battalion of] troops holding up their banners.
5 Vänd din ögon ifrå mig, förty de göra mig brinnande; ditt hår är såsom en getahjord, de som på berget Gilead klippte äro.
Quit looking at me like that, because your eyes excite me very much. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats [moving down the slopes] of Gilead [Mountain].
6 Dine tänder äro såsom en fårahjord, de der tvagne komma utu vatten, hvilke allesammans äro med tvillingar hafvande, och ingen ibland dem är ofruktsam.
Your teeth are [very white] like [SIM] a flock of sheep [whose wool] has just been shorn and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
7 Dine kinder äro såsom skörden på granatäplet, emellan dina lockar.
Beneath your veil, your cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
8 Sextio äro Drottningarna, och åttatio frillorna, och på jungfrurna är intet tal;
Even if a king had 60 queens and 80 (concubines/slave wives) and more young women than anyone can count,
9 Men en är min dufva, min fromma; en är sine moder kärast, och sine moders utkorada. Då döttrarna sågo henne, prisade de henne saliga; Drottningarna och frillorna lofvade henne.
[none of them would be like] my dove, who is perfect, you who are your mother’s only daughter, whom your mother considers to be very precious. [Other] young women who see you say that you are fortunate, and the queens and concubines recognize that you [are very beautiful].
10 Ho är denna, som uppgår såsom en morgonrodne, dägelig såsom månen, utkorad såsom solen, förskräckelig såsom en härordan?
Who is [RHQ] this woman who is [as delightful] as [SIM] the dawn, as fair/delightful [to look at] as [the light of] the moon, as exciting as a [group/battalion of] troops holding up their banners?
11 Jag är nedergången i nöttagården, till att skåda telningarna vid bäcken; till att skåda, om vinträt blomstrades, om granatäplen grönskades.
I went down to some walnut trees to look at the new plants that were growing in the valley. I wanted to see if the grapevines had budded or if the pomegranate trees were blooming.
12 Min själ visste icke, att han mig intill AmmiNadibs vagnar satt hade.
[But] before I realized it, my desire [to make love caused me to be as excited as] a prince riding in a chariot.
13 Vänd om, vänd om, o Sulamith; vänd om, vänd om, att vi måge skåda dig; hvad sen I på Sulamith annat, än dans i Mahanaim?
You who are the perfect one, come back [to us], in order that we may see you! Why do you want to look at this woman who is perfect, like [SIM] you like to watch two rows/lines of people dancing?
