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El coro

Bella entre las bellas, ¡¿dónde habrá ido tu amado?! Te ayudaremos a buscarlo.

La amada

Mi amado ha bajado a su huerto, a sus lechos de especias, a apacentar su rebaño y a recoger lirios. Yo soy de mi amado y mi amado es mío. Él apacienta su rebaño entre los lirios.

Quinto canto

El amado

Amada mía, eres tan bella como la tierra de Tirsá; hermosa como Jerusalén. Impresionante como las estrellas del cielo. ¡Aparta de mí la mirada, pues tus ojos me han vencido! Tus cabellos, derramándose sobre tu rostro, son como rebaño de cabras que retozan por las laderas de Galaad. Tus dientes son como rebaños de cabritas recién lavados; perfectos y completos. Tus mejillas son como dos mitades de granadas tras el velo. Pueden ser sesenta las reinas y ochenta las princesas, así como incontables vírgenes a mi disposición. Pero tú, paloma mía, eres la única entre todas. La hija consentida de su madre. Encantadas quedaron las mujeres de Jerusalén al verte, y hasta las reinas y princesas te alaban. 10 ¿Quién es esta que surge como la aurora, bella como la luna, brillante como el sol, impresionante como las estrellas del cielo.

11 Bajé al bosquecillo de nogales y salí al valle para contemplar la primavera, para ver si ya retoñaban las viñas o florecían los granados. 12 Antes de darme cuenta, me encontré entre las carrozas reales de mi pueblo.

El coro

13 Vuelve, vuelve acá, ¡oh mujer perfecta! ¡Regresa, regresa para que podamos verte otra vez!

El amado

¿Por qué contemplan a la que es todo perfección mientras danza graciosamente?

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

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.