O that
thou wert as my brother,
that sucked
the breasts
of my mother!
when I should find
thee without,
I would kiss
thee; yea, I should not be despised.
I would lead
thee, and bring
thee into my mother's
house,
who would instruct
me: I would cause thee to drink
of spiced
wine
of the juice
of my pomegranate.
aromatic
μυρεψικοῦ
myrepsikou
anything flowing
νάματος
namatos
pomegranate
ῥοῶν
rhoōn
His left hand
should be under my head,
and his right hand
should embrace
me.
I charge
you, O daughters
of Jerusalem,
that ye stir not up,
nor awake
my love,
until he please.
Who is this that cometh up
from the wilderness,
leaning
upon her beloved?
I raised
thee up under the apple tree:
there thy mother
brought thee forth:
there she brought thee forth
that bare
thee.
white
λελευκανθισμένη
leleukanthismenē
nephew
ἀδελφιδὸν
adelphidon
apple
μῆλον
mēlon
Set
me as a seal
upon thine heart,
as a seal
upon thine arm:
for love
is strong
as death;
jealousy
is cruel
as the grave:
the coals
thereof are coals
of fire,
which hath a most vehement flame.
encircled by a colonnade
περίπτερα
periptera
encircled by a colonnade
περίπτερα
periptera
Many
waters
cannot
quench
love,
neither can the floods
drown
it: if a man
would give
all the substance
of his house
for love,
it would utterly
be contemned.
wash over
συγκλύσουσιν
synklysousin
contempt
ἐξουδενώσει
exoudenōsei
We have a little
sister,
and she hath no breasts:
what shall we do
for our sister
in the day
when she shall be spoken for?
If she be a wall,
we will build
upon her a palace
of silver:
and if she be a door,
we will inclose
her with boards
of cedar.
I am a wall,
and my breasts
like towers:
then was I in his eyes
as one that found
favour.
Solomon
had a vineyard
at Baalhamon;
he let out
the vineyard
unto keepers;
every one
for the fruit
thereof was to bring
a thousand
pieces of silver.
My vineyard,
which is mine, is before
me: thou, O Solomon,
must have a thousand,
and those that keep
the fruit
thereof two hundred.
Thou that dwellest
in the gardens,
the companions
hearken
to thy voice:
cause me to hear
it.
Make haste,
my beloved,
and be thou like
to a roe
or to a young
hart
upon the mountains
of spices.
