13THE MANDRAKES THEY HAVE GIVEN FORTH AN ODOR AND [WILL BE] OVER DOORWAY<S> OUR ALL CHOICE THINGS NEW ALSO OLD O LOVER MY [WHICH] I HAVE STORED UP FOR YOU 13The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
1WHO? WILL HE GIVE YOU LIKE A BROTHER TO ME [THE] SUCKLING-CHILD OF [THE] BREASTS OF MOTHER MY I WILL FIND YOU ON THE OUTSIDE I WILL KISS YOU ALSO NOT PEOPLE WILL DESPISE <TO> ME Longing for Her Beloved 1O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
2I WILL LEAD YOU I WILL BRING YOU TO [THE] HOUSE OF MOTHER MY [WHO] SHE TAUGHT ME I WILL GIVE TO DRINK YOU SOME OF [THE] WINE OF <THE> SPICE SOME OF [THE] JUICE OF POMEGRANATE MY 2I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
3LEFT [HAND] HIS [IS] UNDER HEAD MY AND RIGHT [HAND] HIS IT EMBRACES ME 3His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
4I ADJURE <OBJ.> YOU O DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM WHY? WILL YOU AWAKEN AND WHY? WILL YOU AROUSE <OBJ.> <THE> LOVE UNTIL THAT IT WILL PLEASE 4O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
5WHO? THIS [IS] COMING UP FROM THE WILDERNESS LEANING HERSELF ON LOVER HER UNDER THE APPLE TREE I AROUSED YOU THERE <TOWARDS> SHE WAS IN LABOR WITH YOU MOTHER YOUR THERE <TOWARDS> SHE WAS IN LABOR SHE BORE YOU The Friends 5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? The Bride I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
6PUT ME LIKE <THE> SEAL ON HEART YOUR LIKE <THE> SEAL ON ARM YOUR FOR [IS] STRONG LIKE <THE> DEATH LOVE [IS] SEVERE LIKE SHEOL JEALOUSY FLASHES ITS [ARE] FLASHES OF FIRE A FLAME OF [THE] LORD 6Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy*NoteCloseOr passion as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
7WATERS MANY NOT THEY ARE ABLE TO EXTINGUISH <OBJ.> <THE> LOVE AND RIVERS NOT THEY WILL OVERFLOW IT IF HE WILL GIVE ANYONE <OBJ.> ALL [THE] WEALTH OF HOUSE HIS FOR <THE> LOVE CERTAINLY <TO DESPISE> PEOPLE WILL DESPISE <TO> IT 7Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned
8A SISTER [BELONGS] TO US SMALL AND BREASTS NOT [BELONG] TO HER WHAT? WILL WE DO FOR SISTER OUR ON THE DAY WHEN IT WILL BE SPOKEN FOR HER The Friends 8We 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?
9IF [IS] A WALL SHE WE WILL BUILD ON HER A BATTLEMENT OF SILVER AND IF [IS] A DOOR SHE WE WILL SHUT UP OVER HER A BOARD OF CEDAR 9If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
10I [WAS] A WALL AND BREASTS MY [ARE] LIKE <THE> TOWERS THEN I WAS IN VIEW HIS LIKE [ONE WHO] FINDS PEACE The Bride 10I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
11A VINEYARD IT BELONGED TO SOLOMON AT BAAL- HAMON HE GAVE <OBJ.> THE VINEYARD TO <THE> [THOSE WHO] KEEP EACH ONE HE WILL BRING FOR FRUIT ITS A THOUSAND SILVER 11Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.*NoteCloseHebrew a thousand of silver; that is, approximately 25.1 pounds or 11.4 kilograms of silver
12VINEYARD MY WHICH [BELONGS] TO ME [IS] <TO> BEFORE ME THE THOUSAND [SHEKELS] [BELONG] TO YOU O SOLOMON AND TWO HUNDRED [SHEKELS] [BELONG] TO [THOSE WHO] KEEP <OBJ.> FRUIT ITS 12But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
13O [ONE WHO] DWELLS IN THE GARDENS COMPANIONS [ARE] LISTENING FOR VOICE YOUR CAUSE TO HEAR [IT] ME The Bridegroom 13You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
14HASTEN O LOVER MY AND BE LIKE <FOR> YOURSELF <TO> A GAZELLE OR <TO> [THE] FAWN OF THE DEER<S> ON MOUNTAINS OF SPICES The Bride 14Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.