Canticum Canticorum, 1
1. Canticum Canticorum Salomonis.
1. The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
2. Osculetur me osculo oris sui! Nam meliores sunt amores tui vino:
2. O that you would kiss me with the kisses of your mouth! For your love is better than wine,
3. in fragrantiam unguentorum tuorum optimorum. Oleum effusum nomen tuum; ideo adulescentulae dilexerunt te.
3. your anointing oils are fragrant, your name is oil poured out; therefore the maidens love you.
4. Trahe me post te. Curramus! Introducat me rex in cellaria sua; exsultemus et laetemur in te memores amorum tuorum super vinum; recte diligunt te.
4. Draw me after you, let us make haste. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
5. Nigra sum sed formosa, filiae Ierusalem, sicut tabernacula Cedar, sicut pelles Salma.
5. I am very dark, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6. Nolite me considerare quod fusca sim, quia decoloravit me sol. Filii matris meae irati sunt mihi; posuerunt me custodem in vineis, vineam meam non custodivi.
6. Do not gaze at me because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but, my own vineyard I have not kept!
7. Indica mihi, tu, quem diligit anima mea, ubi pascas, ubi cubes in meridie, ne vagari incipiam post greges sodalium tuorum.
7. Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who wanders beside the flocks of your companions?
8. Si ignoras, o pulcherrima inter mulieres, egredere et abi post vestigia gregum et pasce haedos tuos iuxta tabernacula pastorum.
8. If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
9. Equae in curribus pharaonis assimilavi te, amica mea.
9. I compare you, my love, to a mare of Pharaoh's chariots.
10. Pulchrae sunt genae tuae inter inaures, collum tuum inter monilia.
10. Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
11. Inaures aureas faciemus tibi vermiculatas argento.
11. We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
12. Dum esset rex in accubitu suo, nardus mea dedit odorem suum.
12. While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
13. Fasciculus myrrhae dilectus meus mihi, qui inter ubera mea commoratur.
13. My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
14. Botrus cypri dilectus meus mihi in vineis Engaddi.
14. My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Enge'di.
15. Ecce tu pulchra es, amica mea, ecce tu pulchra es: oculi tui columbarum.
15. Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
16. Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi, et decorus. Lectulus noster floridus,
16. Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely. Our couch is green;
17. tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina, laquearia nostra cupressina.
17. the beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.
