1Quid videbis in Sulamite, nisi choros castrorum? Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui in calceamentis, filia principis! Juncturæ femorum tuorum sicut monilia quæ fabricata sunt manu artificis.
What shalt thou see in the Sulamitess but the companies of camps? How beautiful are thy steps in shoes, O prince's daughter! The joints of thy thighs are like jewels, that are made by the hand of a skilful workman.
Quid vide in Sulame, nisi choroses de castros? Quam pulcherrimo es gressus tuo in calceamentos, filia de principe! De iunctura de femos tuo sicut monilias que fabrica es manu de artifice.
2Umbilicus tuus crater tornatilis, numquam indigens poculis. Venter tuus sicut acervus tritici vallatus liliis.
Thy navel is like a round bowl never wanting cups. Thy belly is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.
Umbilico tuo cratera tornatile, nunquam indige poculos. Ventre tuo sicut acervo de tritico valla lilios.
3Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli, gemelli capreæ.
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
Duo ubere tuo sicut duo hinnulo, gemello capreo.
4Collum tuum sicut turris eburnea; oculi tui sicut piscinæ in Hesebon quæ sunt in porta filiæ multitudinis. Nasus tuus sicut turris Libani, quæ respicit contra Damascum.
Thy neck as a tower of ivory. Thy eyes like the fishpools in Hesebon, which are in the gate of the daughter of the multitude. Thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, that looketh toward Damascus.
Collo tuo sicut turre eburneo; oculos tuo sicut piscinas in Hesebon que es in porta de filia de multitudine. Naso tuo sicut turre de Libano, que respice contra Damasco.
5Caput tuum ut Carmelus; et comæ capitis tui sicut purpura regis vincta canalibus.
Thy head is like Carmel: and the hairs of thy head as the purple of the king bound in the channels.
Capite tuo ut Carmelo; et de coma de capite tuo sicut purpura de rege vince canales.
6Quam pulchra es, et quam decora, carissima, in deliciis!
How beautiful art thou, and how comely, my dearest, in delights!
Quam pulcherrimo es, et quam decora, carissimo, in delicias!
7Statura tua assimilata est palmæ, et ubera tua botris.
Thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.
Statura tuo assimula es de palma, et uberes tuo botro.
8Dixi: Ascendam in palmam, et apprehendam fructus ejus; et erunt ubera tua sicut botri vineæ, et odor oris tui sicut malorum.
I said: I will go up into the palm tree, and will take hold of the fruit thereof: and thy breasts shall be as the clusters of the vine: and the odour of thy mouth like apples.
Fixe: ascende in palma, et apprehende fructus de illo; et es uberes tuo sicut botro de vinea, et odore de ore tuo sicut de malos.
9Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum, dignum dilecto meo ad potandum, labiisque et dentibus illius ad ruminandum.
Thy throat like the best wine, worthy for my beloved to drink, and for his lips and his teeth to ruminate.
Gutture tuo sicut vino bono, digna dilige meo ad pota, et labios et dentes de illo ad rumina.
10Ego dilecto meo, et ad me conversio ejus.
I to my beloved, and his turning is towards me.
Me dilige meo, et ad me conversione de illo.
11Veni, dilecte mi, egrediamur in agrum, commoremur in villis.
Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field, let us abide in the villages.
Venie, dilige meo, egredior in agro, commoror in villas.
12Mane surgamus ad vineas: videamus si floruit vinea, si flores fructus parturiunt, si floruerunt mala punica; ibi dabo tibi ubera mea.
Let us get up early to the vineyards, let us see if the vineyard flourish, if the flowers be ready to bring forth fruits, if the pomegranates flourish: there will I give thee my breasts.
Mane surge ad vineas: vide si vinea flore, si flores parturie fructus, si malo punico flore; ibi da ad te uberes meo.
13Mandragoræ dederunt odorem in portis nostris omnia poma: nova et vetera, dilecte mi, servavi tibi.
The mandrakes give a smell. In our gates are all fruits: the new and the old, my beloved, I have kept for thee.
Mandragoras da odore in portas nostro omni pomos: novo et veteri, dilige meo, serva ad te.