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Cantar de los cantares[a] de Salomón.

Primer Canto

La amada

Ah, si me besaras con los besos de tu boca…[b]
    ¡grato en verdad es tu amor, más que el vino!
Grata es también de tus perfumes la fragancia;
    tú mismo eres[c] bálsamo fragante.
    ¡Con razón te aman las doncellas!

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 Cantar de los cantares. Alt. El más bello cantar.
  2. 1:2 si me besaras … tu boca. Lit. béseme él con los besos de su boca.
  3. 1:3 tú mismo eres. Lit. tu nombre es.

Solomon’s Song of Songs.(A)

She[a]

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
    for your love(B) is more delightful than wine.(C)
Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;(D)
    your name(E) is like perfume poured out.
    No wonder the young women(F) love you!

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 1:2 The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions He and She respectively. The words of others are marked Friends. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.