Song of Solomon 5

1 to come (in): come to/for garden my sister my daughter-in-law: bride to pluck myrrh my with spice my to eat honeycomb my with honey my to drink wine my with milk my to eat neighbor to drink and be drunk beloved: love

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends. Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.

2 I sleeping and heart my to rouse voice: sound beloved my to beat to open to/for me sister my darling my dove my complete my which/that head my to fill dew lock my drop night

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."

3 to strip [obj] tunic my how? to clothe her to wash: wash [obj] foot my how? to soil them

I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

4 beloved my to send: reach hand his from [the] hole and belly my to roar upon him

My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.

5 to arise: rise I to/for to open to/for beloved my and hand my to drip/prophesy myrrh and finger my myrrh to pass upon palm [the] bolt

I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.

6 to open I to/for beloved my and beloved my to turn away to pass soul my to come out: surrender in/on/with to speak: speak he to seek him and not to find him to call: call to him and not to answer me

I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I did not find him. I called him, but he did not answer.

7 to find me [the] to keep: guard [the] to turn: surround in/on/with city to smite me to wound me to lift: raise [obj] veil my from upon me to keep: guard [the] wall

The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

8 to swear [obj] you daughter Jerusalem if to find [obj] beloved my what? to tell to/for him which/that be weak: ill love I

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.

9 what? beloved your from beloved [the] beautiful in/on/with woman what? beloved your from beloved which/that thus to swear us

How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?

10 beloved my dazzling and red to look from myriad

My beloved is radiant and tan. The best among ten thousand.

11 head his gold pure gold lock his lock black like/as raven

His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.

12 eye his like/as dove upon channel water to wash: wash in/on/with milk to dwell upon setting

His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.

13 jaw his like/as bed [the] spice tower spice lips his lily to drip/prophesy myrrh to pass

His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

14 hand his circuit gold to fill in/on/with jasper belly his plate tooth: ivory to enwrap sapphire

His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

15 leg his pillar alabaster to found upon socket pure gold appearance his like/as Lebanon to choose like/as cedar

His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

16 palate his sweetness and all his desire this beloved my and this neighbor my daughter Jerusalem

His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.