Song of Solomon 4
1 My darling, you are beautiful, you are very beautiful! Underneath your veil, your eyes are [as gentle as] [MET] doves. Your [long black] hair [moves from side to side] like [SIM] a flock of [black] goats moving down the slopes of Gilead Mountain.
Te voilà belle, ma grande amie, te voilà belle; tes yeux sont [comme] ceux des colombes entre tes tresses; tes cheveux sont comme [le poil] d'un troupeau de chèvres lesquelles on tond, [lorsqu'elles sont descendues] de la montagne de Galaad.
2 Your teeth are [very white] like [SIM] a flock of sheep [whose wool] has [just] been (shorn/cut off) and that have come up from being washed [in a stream]. You have all of your teeth; none of them is missing.
Tes dents sont comme un troupeau de brebis tondues, qui remontent du lavoir, et qui sont toutes deux à deux, et il n'y en a pas une qui manque.
3 Your lips are like [SIM] a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Beneath your veil, your [round, rosy/red] cheeks are like [SIM] the halves of a pomegranate.
Tes lèvres sont comme un fil teint en écarlate. Ton parler est gracieux; ta tempe est comme une pièce de pomme de grenade au dedans de tes tresses.
4 Your [long] neck is [beautiful] like [SIM] the tower of [King] David that was built using layers/rows of stone. [The ornaments on your necklaces are like] 1,000 [HYP] shields that are hanging [on the walls of a tower]; each one belongs to a warrior.
Ton cou est comme la tour de David, bâtie à créneaux, à laquelle pendent mille boucliers, et toutes les grands boucliers des vaillants hommes.
5 Your breasts are [as beautiful] [SIM] as two (fawns/young gazelles) that eat [grass] among lilies.
Tes deux mamelles sont comme deux faons jumeaux d'une chevrette, qui paissent parmi le muguet.
6 Until dawn [tomorrow morning] and the nighttime shadows/darkness disappear, I will [lie close to your breasts] that are [like] [MET] hills that are covered with incense [DOU].
Avant que le vent du jour souffle, et que les ombres s'enfuient, je m'en irai à la montagne de myrrhe, et au coteau d'encens.
7 My darling, you are completely beautiful; your body is perfectly [formed]!
Tu es toute belle, ma grande amie, et il n'[y a] point de tache en toi.
8 My bride, [it is as though you are in] [MET] Lebanon [far away, where I cannot reach you]; come back to me. [It is as though you are inaccessible] [MET] on the top of Hermon Mountain or the nearby peaks. Come from where the lions have their dens and where the leopards live on the mountains.
Viens du Liban avec moi, mon Epouse, viens du Liban avec moi; regarde du sommet d'Amana, du sommet de Senir et de Hermon, des repaires des lions, et des montagnes des léopards.
9 My bride [DOU], you who are dearer to me than my sister, you have captured my affection [IDM] by only once quickly looking at me, and by one [strand of] jewels in your necklace.
Tu m'as ravi le cœur, ma sœur, mon Epouse; tu m'as ravi le cœur, par l'un de tes yeux, et par l'un des colliers de ton cou.
10 My bride, your love for me is delightful! It more delightful than wine! And the fragrance of your perfume is more pleasing than any spice!
Combien sont belles tes amours, ma sœur, mon épouse? combien sont tes amours meilleures que le vin? et l'odeur de tes parfums plus qu'aucune drogue aromatique?
11 Being kissed by you is [as enjoyable as eating] [MTY] honey; your kisses are as sweet as milk [mixed with] honey. The aroma of your clothes is like [SIM] the aroma of [cedar trees in] Lebanon.
Tes lèvres, mon Epouse, distillent des rayons de miel; le miel et le lait sont sous ta langue, et l'odeur de tes vêtements est comme l'odeur du Liban.
12 My bride, [you who are dearer to me than] [MET] my sister, you are [like] [MET] a garden that is locked [in order that other men cannot enter it]; [you are like] [MET] a spring or a fountain that is covered [in order that others may not drink from it].
Ma sœur, mon Epouse, tu es un jardin clos, une source close; et une fontaine cachetée.
13 You are [like] [MET] an orchard of pomegranate trees full of delicious fruit, and plenty of [plants that produce] henna and nard [spices],
Tes rejetons sont un parc de grenadiers, avec des fruits délicieux, de troëne, avec l'aspic;
14 and saffron and calamus and cinnamon and many other kinds of incense, and myrrh and aloes and many [other] fine spices.
l'aspic et le safran, la canne odoriférante et le cinnamome, avec tout arbre d'encens; la myrrhe et l'aloès, avec toutes les principales drogues aromatiques.
15 [You are like] [MET] a fountain in a garden, [like] [MET] a spring of clear water that flows [down] from [the mountains of] Lebanon.
Ô fontaine des jardins! ô puits d'eau vive! et ruisseaux coulant du Liban.
16 [I want] the north wind and the south wind to come, and blow on my garden, [in order that] the fragrance [of the spices will] spread through the air. [Similarly], I want the one who loves me to come and enjoy [cuddling up to me] [like] [MET, EUP] someone comes into a garden and enjoys eating the fruit [that grows there].
Lève-toi bise, et viens, vent du Midi, souffle dans mon jardin; afin que ses drogues aromatiques distillent. Que mon bien-aimé vienne en son jardin, et qu'il mange de ses fruits délicieux.
