Cantar de los Cantares 2
1 Yo soy el lirio del campo, y la rosa de los valles.
I am [like] [MET] a flower/rose from the Sharon [Plain], and [like] [MET] a lily [that grows] in a valley.
2 Como el lirio entre las espinas, así es mi compañera entre las hijas.
Among the [other] young women, the one whom I love is like [MET] a lily [growing] among thorns!
3 Como el manzano entre los árboles monteses, así es mi amado entre los hijos: debajo de su sombra deseé sentarme, y me asenté, y su fruto ha sido dulce a mi paladar.
And among [the other] men, you, the man who loves me, are like [MET] an apple/fruit tree [that grows] in the forest. [You are like a tree whose] shadow [protects me from the sun], and your [being close to me] [EUP] is like [MET] eating sweet fruit.
4 Trájome a la cámara del vino; y su bandera de amor puso sobre mí.
You led me to the (banquet room/room where we could make love), and it is evident that you love me very much.
5 Sustentádme con frascos de vino, esforzádme con manzanas; porque estoy enferma de amor.
Refresh me and strengthen me [with your lovemaking] [like I am refreshed by eating] [MET, EUP] raisins and other fruit, because I very much desire that you love me even more.
6 Su izquierda esté debajo de mi cabeza, y su derecha me abrace.
Put your left arm under my head and with your right arm hold me close.
7 Yo os conjuro, o! hijas de Jerusalem, por las gamas, o por las ciervas del campo, que no despertéis, ni hagáis velar al amor, hasta que él quiera.
You young women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles [are listening], that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.
8 ¡La voz de mi amado! He aquí que éste viene saltando sobre los montes, saltando sobre los collados.
I hear the voice of the man who loves me. [It is as though] [MET] he is leaping over the mountains and skipping over the hills
9 Mi amado es semejante al gamo, o al cabrito de los ciervos. Héle aquí, está detrás de nuestra pared, mirando por las ventanas, mostrándose por las rejas.
like [SIM] a deer or a gazelle. Now he is standing outside the wall of our house, looking in the window, and peering through the (lattice/wooden strips inside the window frame).
10 Mi amado habló, y me dijo: Levántate, o! amor mío, hermosa mía, y vente:
He spoke to me and said, “You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me [CHI]!
11 Porque, he aquí, ha pasado el invierno: la lluvia se ha mudado, y se fue;
Look, the (winter/cold season) is ended; the rain has stopped;
12 Las flores se han mostrado en la tierra; el tiempo de la canción es venido, y voz de tórtola se ha oído en nuestra región;
flowers are blooming throughout the country/land. It is now time to sing; we hear the doves cooing.
13 La higuera ha metido sus higos, y las vides en cierne dieron olor: levántate, o! amor mío, hermosa mía, y vente.
There are young/new figs on the fig trees, and there are blossoms on the grapevines and their fragrance fills the air. You whom I love, get up; my beautiful one, come with me!
14 Paloma mía, en los agujeros de la peña, en lo escondido de la escalera: muéstrame tu vista: házme oír tu voz; porque tu voz es dulce, y tu vista hermosa.
[You are like] [MET] a dove that is hiding [far from me] in an opening/crack in the rocky cliff. Show me your face, and allow me to hear your voice, because your voice is sweet-sounding and your face is lovely [CHI].”
15 Tomádnos las zorras, las zorras pequeñas, que echan a perder las viñas, mientras nuestras viñas están en cierne.
[There are other men who are like] [MET] little jackals/foxes that ruin vineyards; do not allow [those men to attack me].
16 Mi amado es mío, y yo suya: él apacienta entre lirios.
You who love me, I belong to you and you belong to me, and you [experience pleasure when you kiss] my lips [like] [MET] a shepherd enjoys taking care of his sheep.
17 Hasta que apunte el día, y las sombras huyan, tórnate, o! amado mío: sé semejante al gamo, o al cabrito de los ciervos sobre los montes de Beter.
You who love me, come and be like [SIM] a gazelle or like a young deer on the hills of Bether, and then flee like a deer at dawn [tomorrow morning], when the darkness fades.
