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Il Cantico dei Cantici che è di Salomone.

Mi baci con i baci della sua bocca! Poiché il tuo amore è migliore del vino.

Per la fragranza dei tuoi gradevoli olii profumati il tuo nome è un olio profumato versato; per questo ti amano le fanciulle.

Attirami a te! Noi ti correremo dietro. Il re mi ha portato nelle sue camere. Noi gioiremo e ci rallegreremo in te; noi ricorderemo il tuo amore piú del vino. A ragione ti amano.

Io sono nera ma bella, o figlie di Gerusalemme, come le tende di Kedar, come le cortine di Salomone.

Non guardate se son nera, perché il sole mi ha abbronzata. I figli di mia madre si sono adirati con me; mi hanno posto a guardia delle vigne, ma la mia propria vigna non l'ho custodita.

Dimmi, o tu che il mio cuore ama dove pascoli il gregge e dove lo fai riposare a mezzogiorno. Perché mai dovrei io essere come una donna velata presso le greggi dei tuoi compagni?

Se non lo sai, o la piú bella delle donne, segui le tracce del gregge e fa' pascolare le tue caprette presso le tende dei pastori.

Amica mia, io ti assomiglio alla mia cavalla tra i carri del Faraone.

10 Le tue guance sono belle con ornamenti, e il tuo collo con collane di perle.

11 Noi faremo per te collane d'oro con borchie d'argento.

12 Mentre il re siede a mensa, il mio nardo effonde la sua fragranza.

13 Il mio diletto è per me un sacchetto di mirra; egli riposerà tutta la notte fra le mie mammelle.

14 Il mio diletto è per me un mazzo di fiori di alcanna nelle vigne di En-ghedi.

15 Ecco sei bella, amica mia, ecco sei bella! I tuoi occhi sono come quelli delle colombe.

16 Come sei bello, mio diletto, e anche amabile! Per di più il nostro letto è verdeggiante.

17 Le travi delle nostre case sono cedri e i nostri soffitti di cipresso.

The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

Solomon’s Love for a Shulamite Girl

The (A)song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

The Banquet

The [a]Shulamite

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
(B)For [b]your love is better than wine.
Because of the fragrance of your good ointments,
Your name is ointment poured forth;
Therefore the virgins love you.
(C)Draw me away!

The Daughters of Jerusalem

(D)We will run after [c]you.

The Shulamite

The king (E)has brought me into his chambers.

The Daughters of Jerusalem

We will be glad and rejoice in [d]you.

We will remember your love more than wine.

The Shulamite

Rightly do they love you.

I am dark, but lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
Do not look upon me, because I am dark,
Because the sun has [e]tanned me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me the keeper of the vineyards,
But my own (F)vineyard I have not kept.

(To Her Beloved)

Tell me, O you whom I love,
Where you feed your flock,
Where you make it rest at noon.
For why should I be as one who [f]veils herself
By the flocks of your companions?

The Beloved

If you do not know, (G)O fairest among women,
[g]Follow in the footsteps of the flock,
And feed your little goats
Beside the shepherds’ tents.
I have compared you, (H)my love,
(I)To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 (J)Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with chains of gold.

The Daughters of Jerusalem

11 We will make [h]you ornaments of gold
With studs of silver.

The Shulamite

12 While the king is at his table,
My [i]spikenard sends forth its fragrance.
13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me,
That lies all night between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms
In the vineyards of En Gedi.

The Beloved

15 (K)Behold, you are fair, [j]my love!
Behold, you are fair!
You have dove’s eyes.

The Shulamite

16 Behold, you are (L)handsome, my beloved!
Yes, pleasant!
Also our [k]bed is green.
17 The beams of our houses are cedar,
And our rafters of fir.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:2 A young woman from the town of Shulam or Shunem, Song 6:13. The speaker and audience are identified according to the number, gender, and person of the Hebrew words. Occasionally the identity is not certain.
  2. Song of Solomon 1:2 Masc. sing.: the Beloved
  3. Song of Solomon 1:4 Masc. sing.: the Beloved
  4. Song of Solomon 1:4 Fem. sing.: the Shulamite
  5. Song of Solomon 1:6 Lit. looked upon me
  6. Song of Solomon 1:7 LXX, Syr., Vg. wanders
  7. Song of Solomon 1:8 Lit. Go out
  8. Song of Solomon 1:11 Fem. sing.: the Shulamite
  9. Song of Solomon 1:12 perfume
  10. Song of Solomon 1:15 my companion, friend
  11. Song of Solomon 1:16 couch