Cantares 8
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
8 ¡Ah, si tú fueras como mi hermano,
Amamantado a los pechos de mi madre!
Si te encontrara afuera, te besaría,
Y no me despreciarían.
2 -»Te llevaría y te introduciría
En la casa de mi madre(A), que me enseñaba;
Te daría a beber vino sazonado del zumo de mis granadas.
3 -»Que esté su izquierda bajo mi cabeza
Y su derecha me abrace(B)».
EL ESPOSO:
4 ¶«Quiero que juren, oh hijas de Jerusalén;
Que no despertarán ni levantarán a mi amor,
Hasta que quiera(C)».
EL CORO:
5 ¶«¿Quién es esta que sube del desierto(D),
Recostada sobre su amado?».
EL ESPOSO:
«Debajo del manzano(E) te desperté;
Allí tu madre tuvo dolores de parto por ti,
Allí tuvo dolores de parto, y te dio a luz».
LA ESPOSA:
6 «Ponme como un sello sobre tu corazón,
Como un sello(F) sobre tu brazo,
Porque fuerte como la muerte es el amor,
Inexorables como el Seol[a], los celos(G);
Sus destellos, son destellos de fuego,
La llama misma del Señor.
7 -»Las muchas aguas no podrán extinguir el amor,
Ni los ríos lo apagarán.
Si el hombre diera todos los bienes de su casa por amor,
Solo lograría desprecio(H)».
EL CORO:
8 ¶«Tenemos una hermana pequeña,
Y todavía no tiene pechos(I);
¿Qué haremos por nuestra hermana
El día en que sea pedida?
9 -»Si ella es una muralla,
Edificaremos sobre ella un baluarte de plata;
Pero si es una puerta,
La reforzaremos con tablas de cedro(J)».
LA ESPOSA:
10 ¶«Yo soy una muralla, y mis pechos(K) como torres,
Entonces fui a sus ojos como quien halla la paz.
11 -»Salomón tenía una viña(L) en Baal Hamón,
Confió la viña(M) a los guardas(N);
Cada uno debía traer por su fruto mil(O) siclos (11.4 kilos) de plata(P).
12 -»Mi viña, que es mía, está a mi disposición;
Los mil siclos son para ti, Salomón,
Y doscientos, para los que guardan su fruto».
EL ESPOSO:
13 ¶«Oh tú, que moras en los huertos,
Mis compañeros(Q) están atentos a tu voz;
Déjame que la oiga(R)».
LA ESPOSA:
14 ¶«Apresúrate, amado mío,
Y sé como una gacela o un cervatillo(S)
Sobre los montes de los aromas(T)».
Footnotes
- 8:6 I.e. región de los muertos.
Song of Songs 8
New International Version
8 If only you were to me like a brother,
who was nursed at my mother’s breasts!
Then, if I found you outside,
I would kiss you,
and no one would despise me.
2 I would lead you
and bring you to my mother’s house(A)—
she who has taught me.
I would give you spiced wine to drink,
the nectar of my pomegranates.
3 His left arm is under my head
and his right arm embraces me.(B)
4 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.(C)
Friends
5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness(D)
leaning on her beloved?
She
Under the apple tree I roused you;
there your mother conceived(E) you,
there she who was in labor gave you birth.
6 Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love(F) is as strong as death,
its jealousy[a](G) unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.[b]
7 Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
all the wealth of one’s house for love,
it[c] would be utterly scorned.(H)
Friends
8 We have a little sister,
and her breasts are not yet grown.
What shall we do for our sister
on the day she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall,
we will build towers of silver on her.
If she is a door,
we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
She
10 I am a wall,
and my breasts are like towers.
Thus I have become in his eyes
like one bringing contentment.
11 Solomon had a vineyard(I) in Baal Hamon;
he let out his vineyard to tenants.
Each was to bring for its fruit
a thousand shekels[d](J) of silver.
12 But my own vineyard(K) is mine to give;
the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
and two hundred[e] are for those who tend its fruit.
He
13 You who dwell in the gardens
with friends in attendance,
let me hear your voice!
She
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or ardor
- Song of Songs 8:6 Or fire, / like the very flame of the Lord
- Song of Songs 8:7 Or he
- Song of Songs 8:11 That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12
- Song of Songs 8:12 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
Song of Solomon 8
New King James Version
Lovers Reunited at Their Country Home
8 Oh, that you were like my brother,
Who nursed at my mother’s breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
2 I would lead you and bring you
Into the (A)house of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of (B)spiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
3 (C)His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
4 (D)I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
Love Renewed in Lebanon
A Relative
5 (E)Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
The Shulamite to Her Beloved
6 (F)Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
(G)Jealousy as [a]cruel as [b]the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
[c]A most vehement flame.
7 Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
(H)If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
The Shulamite’s Brothers
8 (I)We have a little sister,
And she has no breasts.
What shall we do for our sister
In the day when she is spoken for?
9 If she is a wall,
We will build upon her
A battlement of silver;
And if she is a door,
We will enclose her
With boards of cedar.
The Shulamite
10 I am a wall,
And my breasts like towers;
Then I became in his eyes
As one who found peace.
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon;
(J)He leased the vineyard to keepers;
Everyone was to bring for its fruit
A thousand silver coins.
(To Solomon)
12 My own vineyard is before me.
You, O Solomon, may have a thousand,
And those who tend its fruit two hundred.
The Beloved
13 You who dwell in the gardens,
The companions listen for your voice—
(K)Let me hear it!
The Shulamite
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 8:6 severe, lit. hard
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Or Sheol
- Song of Solomon 8:6 Lit. A flame of Yah, poetic form of YHWH, the Lord
- Song of Solomon 8:14 Hurry, lit. Flee
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