Song of Solomon 1
1 song [the] song which to/for Solomon
Solomon's song of songs.
2 to kiss me from kiss lip his for pleasant beloved: love your from wine
Kiss me, kiss me with your mouth again and again, for your love is sweeter than wine.
3 to/for aroma oil your pleasant oil to empty name your upon so maiden to love: lover you
I love the way you smell from the perfumed oils you use. You have quite a reputation—it spreads like spilled perfumed oil. It's not surprising that all the young women adore you!
4 to draw me after you to run: run to come (in): bring me [the] king chamber his to rejoice and to rejoice in/on/with you to remember beloved: love your from wine uprightness to love: lover you
Take me by the hand—let's run! (The king has brought me to his bedroom.) Let's be happy together and find pleasure in your love. Your love is far better than wine! Women are right to adore you so!
5 black I and lovely daughter Jerusalem like/as tent Kedar like/as curtain Solomon
I'm black, but I'm beautiful, women of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6 not to see: see me which/that I blackish which/that to see me [the] sun son: child mother my to be incensed in/on/with me to set: make me to keep [obj] [the] vineyard vineyard my which/that to/for me not to keep
Don't look down on me because I'm black, because the sun has burned me. My brothers were angry with me and made me look after the vineyards, so I couldn't look after my own vineyard.
7 to tell [emph?] to/for me which/that to love: lover soul my how? to pasture how? to stretch in/on/with midday which/that to/for what? to be like/as to enwrap upon flock companion your
My love, please tell me where you're taking your flock. Where will you rest them at noon? For why should I have to wear a veil while looking for you among the flocks of your companions?
8 if not to know to/for you [the] beautiful in/on/with woman to come out: come to/for you in/on/with heel [the] flock and to pasture [obj] kid your upon tabernacle [the] to pasture
If you really don't know, you who are more beautiful than any other woman, then follow the tracks of my flock, and let your goats graze near the shepherd's tents.
9 to/for mare my in/on/with chariot Pharaoh to resemble you darling my
My darling, to me you're like a mare among Pharaoh's horses that pull his chariots,
10 be lovely jaw your in/on/with plait neck your in/on/with string
Your beautiful cheeks adorned with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
11 plait gold to make to/for you with bead [the] silver: money
Let's make you some gold ornaments inlaid with silver.
12 till which/that [the] king in/on/with surrounds his nard my to give: give aroma his
As the king lay on his couch, my nard perfume gave off its fragrance.
13 bundle [the] myrrh beloved my to/for me between breast my to lodge
My love is like a pouch of myrrh, lying all night between my breasts.
14 cluster [the] henna beloved my to/for me in/on/with vineyard Engedi Engedi
My love is like a bunch of fragrant henna flowers in the vineyards of Engedi.
15 look! you beautiful darling my look! you beautiful eye your dove
Look at how very beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are as gentle as doves.
16 look! you beautiful beloved my also pleasant also bed our luxuriant
And you, my love, are so handsome—how charming you are! The green grass is our bed,
17 beam house: home our cedar (rafter our *Qk) cypress
with cedar trees as beams for our “house,” and pine trees for the rafters.
