Biblia Platense (Straubinger) · Catholic Public Domain Version
Cantar de los Cantares 4
1¡Qué hermosa eres, amiga mía! ¡Cuán hermosa eres tú! Tus ojos son palomas, detrás de tu velo. Tu cabellera es como un rebaño de cabras, que va por la montaña de Galaad. Groom to Bride: How beautiful you are, my love, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are those of a dove, except for what is hidden within. Your hair is like flocks of goats, which ascend along the mountain of Gilead.2Son tus dientes como hatos de ovejas esquiladas, que suben del lavadero, todas con crías mellizas, sin que haya entre ellas una estéril. Your teeth are like flocks of shorn sheep, which ascend from the washing, each one with its identical twin, and not one among them is barren.3Como cinta de púrpura son tus labios, y graciosa es tu boca. Como mitades de granada son tus mejillas, detrás de tu velo. Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your eloquence is sweetness. Like a piece of pomegranate, so are your cheeks, except for what is hidden within.4Tu cuello es cual la torre de David, construida para armería, de la que penden mil escudos, todos ellos arneses de valientes. Your neck is like the tower of David, which was built with ramparts: a thousand shields are hanging from it, all the armor of the strong.5Como dos mellizos de gacela que pacen entre azucenas, son tus dos pechos. Your two breasts are like two young does, twins that pasture among the lilies.6Mientras sopla la brisa y se alargan las sombras, me iré al monte de la mirra, y al collado del incienso. Until the day rises and the shadows decline, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.7Eres toda hermosa, amiga mía, y no hay en ti defecto alguno. You are totally beautiful, my love, and there is no blemish in you.8¡Ven del Líbano, esposa mía! ¡Ven conmigo del Líbano! ¡Mira de la cima del Amaná, de la cumbre del Senir y del Hermón, de las guaridas de los leones, de las montañas de los leopardos! Advance from Lebanon, my spouse, advance from Lebanon, advance. You shall be crowned at the head of Amana, near the summit of Senir and Hermon, by the dens of lions, by the mountains of leopards.9Me has arrebatado el corazón, hermana mía, esposa. Me has arrebatado el corazón con una de tus miradas, con una perla de tu collar. You have wounded my heart, my sister, my spouse. You have wounded my heart with one look of your eyes, and with one lock of hair on your neck.10¡Cuán dulce son tus amores, hermana mía, esposa! ¡Cuánto más dulces son tus caricias que el vino; y la fragancia de tus perfumes que todos los bálsamos! How beautiful are your breasts, my sister, my spouse! Your breasts are more beautiful than wine, and the fragrance of your ointments is above all aromatic oils.11Miel destilan tus labios, esposa mía, miel y leche hay debajo de tu lengua; y el perfume de tus vestidos es como el olor del Líbano. Your lips, my spouse, are a dripping honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue. And the fragrance of your garments is like the odor of frankincense.12Un huerto cerrado es mi hermana esposa, manantial cerrado, fuente sellada. An enclosed garden is my sister, my spouse: an enclosed garden, a sealed fountain.13Tus renuevos son un vergel de granados, con frutas exquisitas; cipro y nardo; You send forth a paradise of pomegranates along with the fruits of the orchard: Cypress grapes, with aromatic oil;14nardo y azafrán, canela y cinamomo, con todos los árboles de incienso; mirra y áloes, con todos los aromas selectos. aromatic oil and saffron; sweet cane and cinnamon, with all the trees of Lebanon; myrrh and aloe, with all the best ointments.15La fuente del jardín es pozo de aguas vivas, y los arroyos fluyen del Líbano. The fountain of the gardens is a well of living waters, which flow forcefully from Lebanon.16¡Levántate, oh Aquilón, ven, oh Austro! ¡Qué se esparzan sus aromas! ¡Venga mi amado a su jardín y coma de sus exquisitas frutas! Rise up, north wind, and advance, south wind. Send a breeze through my garden, and carry its aromatic scents.