El coro

¿A dónde se ha ido tu amado,
    oh 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,
    hermosa como Jerusalén
    imponente como ejército con sus banderas.
Aparta de mí la mirada,
    que tus ojos me tienen fascinado.
Tus cabellos son como los rebaños de cabras
    que descienden de Galaad.
Tus dientes son como rebaños de ovejas
    que ascienden después de haber sido bañadas.
Cada una de ellas tiene gemelas,
    ninguna de ellas está sola.
Tus mejillas, tras el velo,
    parecen dos mitades de granadas.
Pueden ser sesenta las reinas,
    ochenta las concubinas[a]
    e innumerables las vírgenes,
pero una sola es preciosa, paloma mía,
    la hija consentida de su madre,
    la favorita de quien le dio la vida.
Las doncellas 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,
    imponente como ejército con sus banderas!

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.[b]

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. 6:8 Véase nota en Gn 22:24.
  2. 6:12 entre … mi pueblo. Alt. entre los carros de Aminadab.

Others

Where has your beloved gone,
    O (A)most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
    that we may seek him with you?

Together in the Garden of Love

She

My beloved has gone down to his (B)garden
    to (C)the beds of spices,
to (D)graze[a] in the gardens
    and to gather (E)lilies.
(F)I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine;
    he grazes among the lilies.

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

You are beautiful as (G)Tirzah, (H)my love,
    (I)lovely as (J)Jerusalem,
    (K)awesome as an army with banners.
Turn away your eyes from me,
    for they overwhelm me—
(L)Your hair is like a flock of goats
    leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
(M)Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
    that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins;
    not one among them has lost its young.
(N)Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
    behind your veil.
There are (O)sixty (P)queens and eighty (Q)concubines,
    and (R)virgins without number.
My (S)dove, my (T)perfect one, is the only one,
    the only one of her mother,
    pure to (U)her who bore her.
(V)The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    (W)the queens and (X)concubines also, and they praised her.

10 (Y)“Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
    beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
    (Z)awesome as an army with banners?”

She

11 I went down to the nut orchard
    to look at (AA)the blossoms of the valley,
(AB)to see whether the vines had budded,
    whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
12 (AC)Before I was aware, my desire set me
    among (AD)the chariots of my kinsman, a prince.[b]

Others

13 [c] Return, return, O (AE)Shulammite,
    return, return, that we may look upon you.

He

Why should you look upon (AF)the Shulammite,
    as upon (AG)a dance before (AH)two armies?[d]

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:2 Or to pasture his flock; also verse 3
  2. Song of Solomon 6:12 Or chariots of Ammi-Nadib
  3. Song of Solomon 6:13 Ch 7:1 in Hebrew
  4. Song of Solomon 6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim

I Am My Beloved’s

The Daughters of Jerusalem

Where has your beloved gone,
(A)O fairest among women?
Where has your beloved turned aside,
That we may seek him with you?

The Shulamite

My beloved has gone to his (B)garden,
To the beds of spices,
To feed his flock in the gardens,
And to gather lilies.
(C)I am my beloved’s,
And my beloved is mine.
He feeds his flock among the lilies.

Praise of the Shulamite’s Beauty

The Beloved

O my love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,
Lovely as Jerusalem,
Awesome as an army with banners!
Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have [a]overcome me.
Your hair is (D)like a flock of goats
Going down from Gilead.
(E)Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
Which have come up from the washing;
Every one bears twins,
And none is [b]barren among them.
(F)Like a piece of pomegranate
Are your temples behind your veil.

There are sixty queens
And eighty concubines,
And (G)virgins without number.
My dove, my (H)perfect one,
Is the only one,
The only one of her mother,
The favorite of the one who bore her.
The daughters saw her
And called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines,
And they praised her.

10 Who is she who looks forth as the morning,
Fair as the moon,
Clear as the sun,
(I)Awesome as an army with banners?

The Shulamite

11 I went down to the garden of nuts
To see the verdure of the valley,
(J)To see whether the vine had budded
And the pomegranates had bloomed.
12 Before I was even aware,
My soul had made me
As the chariots of [c]my noble people.

The Beloved and His Friends

13 Return, return, O Shulamite;
Return, return, that we may look upon you!

The Shulamite

What would you see in the Shulamite—
As it were, the dance of [d]the two camps?

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:5 overwhelmed
  2. Song of Solomon 6:6 bereaved
  3. Song of Solomon 6:12 Heb. Ammi Nadib
  4. Song of Solomon 6:13 Heb. Mahanaim