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El coro

¿A dónde se ha ido tu amado,
    tú, bella entre las bellas?
¿Hacia dónde se ha encaminado?
    ¡Iremos contigo a buscarlo!

La amada

Mi amado ha bajado a su jardín,
    a los lechos de bálsamo,
para retozar en los jardines
    y recoger azucenas.
Yo soy de mi amado, y mi amado es mío;
    él apacienta su rebaño entre azucenas.

Quinto Canto

El amado

Tú, amada mía, eres bella como Tirsá,
    encantadora como Jerusalén,
    majestuosa como las estrellas del cielo.
Aparta de mí la mirada,
    que tus ojos me tienen fascinado.
Tus cabellos son como los rebaños de cabras
    que retozan en Galaad.
Tus dientes son como rebaños de cabritas
    recién salidas del baño.
Cada una de ellas tiene su pareja,
    ninguna de ellas va sola.
Tus mejillas, tras el velo,
    parecen dos mitades de granadas.
Pueden ser sesenta las reinas,
    ochenta las concubinas
    e innumerables las vírgenes,
pero una sola es mi palomita preciosa,
    la hija consentida de su madre,
    la favorita de quien le dio la vida.
Las mujeres la ven y la bendicen;
    las reinas y las concubinas la alaban.

El coro

10 ¿Quién es esta, admirable como la aurora?
    ¡Es bella como la luna,
    radiante como el sol,
    majestuosa como las estrellas del cielo!

El amado

11 Descendí al huerto de los nogales
    para admirar los nuevos brotes en el valle,
para admirar los retoños de las vides
    y los granados en flor.
12 Sin darme cuenta, mi pasión me puso
    entre las carrozas reales de mi pueblo.[a]

Los amigos

13 Vuelve, Sulamita, vuelve;
    vuélvete a nosotros,
    ¡queremos contemplarte!

El amado

¿Y por qué han de contemplar a la Sulamita,
    como en las danzas de los campamentos?

Footnotes

  1. 6:12 entre … mi pueblo. Alt. entre los carros de Aminadab.

Where has your lover gone,
    most beautiful among women?
Where has your lover turned,
    so we may seek him with you?

My lover went down to his garden,
    to the beds of balsam
to graze his flocks in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine.
    He browses among the lilies.

Acclaiming the Bride’s Beauty

You are beautiful, my darling,
    like Tirzah,
lovely as Jerusalem,
    awesome as an army with banners.
Turn your eyes away from me,
    for they overwhelm me!
Your hair is like a flock of ewe goats
    descending down from Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
    that have come up from the washing.
Each of them has a twin,
    and none among them is missing.
Your temple is like a slice of pomegranate
    behind your veil.
There are sixty queens, eighty concubines,
    and young women beyond number.
Yet my dove, my perfect one is unique.
She is her mother’s only one—
    a virtuous child of the one who bore her.
Maidens saw her and called her blessed.
    Queens and concubines praised her.
10 Who is this that appears like dawn?
As beautiful as the moon,
    bright as the sun,
    awesome as an army with banners.

11 I went down into the garden of nut trees
    to look at the fruit of the valley,
    to see if the vine had budded,
    or the pomegranates had bloomed.
12 Before I was aware, my soul set me
    among the chariots of my princely people.

Friends

Where has your beloved(A) gone,
    most beautiful of women?(B)
Which way did your beloved turn,
    that we may look for him with you?

She

My beloved has gone(C) down to his garden,(D)
    to the beds of spices,(E)
to browse in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(F)
    he browses among the lilies.(G)

He

You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(H) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(I)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(J)
Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(K)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
    not one of them is missing.(L)
Your temples behind your veil(M)
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(N)
Sixty queens(O) there may be,
    and eighty concubines,(P)
    and virgins beyond number;
but my dove,(Q) my perfect one,(R) is unique,
    the only daughter of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.(S)
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    the queens and concubines praised her.

Friends

10 Who is this that appears like the dawn,
    fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
    majestic as the stars in procession?

He

11 I went down to the grove of nut trees
    to look at the new growth in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded
    or the pomegranates were in bloom.(T)
12 Before I realized it,
    my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.[a]

Friends

13 Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
    come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!

He

Why would you gaze on the Shulammite
    as on the dance(U) of Mahanaim?[b]

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 6:12 Or among the chariots of Amminadab; or among the chariots of the people of the prince
  2. Song of Songs 6:13 In Hebrew texts this verse (6:13) is numbered 7:1.