الجوقة
1 أينَ مضَى حبـيبُكِ،
أيَّتُها الجميلةُ في النِّساءِ؟
أينَ توَجَّهَ حَبـيبُكِ،
فنَطلُبَهُ معَكِ؟
العروس
2 حبـيبـي نزَلَ إلى جَنَّتِهِ،
إلى رَوضَةِ الأطيابِ،
ليرعَى قطيعَهُ في الجَنائِنِ
ويَجمَعَ السَّوسَنَ.
3 أنا لِحبـيبـي وحبـيبـي لي،
وبَينَ السَّوسَنِ يرعَى.
العريس
4 جميلةٌ أنتِ يا رفيقتي،
جميلةٌ مِثلُ تُرصَةَ،
حَسناءُ مِثلُ أورُشليمَ،
مَرهوبـةٌ كجيشٍ بِراياتٍ.
5 حَوِّلي عَينَيكِ عنِّي،
فهُما تُرهِبانِني.
شَعرُكِ قطيعُ معَزٍ
رابضٌ على جبَلِ جلعادَ.
6 أسنانُكِ قطيعُ نِعاجٍ
طالِـعٌ مِنَ الاغتِسالِ.
كُلُّ واحدٍ وتَوأمُهُ،
وما مِنْ واحدٍ مَفقودٍ.
7 خَدَّاكِ فَلْقَتا رُمَّانةٍ
مِنْ وراءِ حِجابِكِ.
8 سِتُّونَ نِساءُ المَلِكِ
وثمانونَ هُنَّ جَواريهِ،
ولا عدَدَ لِلعذارى.
9 وأنا حمامتي، كاملَتي، وحيدةٌ،
وحيدةٌ لأمِّها هيَ،
مُطيعةٌ لِمَنْ ولَدَتْها.
رأتْها فهَنَّأتْها الصَّبايا،
والمَلِكاتُ مدَحْنَها والجَواري.
10 مَنْ هذِهِ المُشرِقَةُ كالصُّبْحِ؟
الجميلةُ كالقمرِ،
البهيَّةُ كالشَّمسِ،
المَرهوبةُ كجيشٍ بِراياتٍ.
11 نزَلْتُ إلى جَنَّةِ الجَوزِ
لأرى ثِمارَ الوادي،
لأنظُرَ هل أزهَرَ الكَرمُ
ونوَّرَ الرُّمَّانُ،
12 فتَخَيَّلتُ فَجأةً أنَّني
في مَوكِبِ بِنتِ الأميرِ.
Their Friends Speak:
1 Most beautiful of women,
tell us where he has gone.
Let us help you find him.
She Speaks:
2 My darling has gone down
to his garden of spices,
where he will feed his sheep
and gather lilies.
3 I am his, and he is mine,
as he feeds his sheep
among the lilies.
He Speaks:
4 My dearest, the cities of Tirzah
and Jerusalem
are not as lovely as you.
Your charms are more powerful
than all of the stars
in the heavens.
5 Turn away your eyes—
they make me melt.
Your hair tosses about
as gracefully as goats
coming down from Gilead.
6 Your teeth are whiter
than sheep freshly washed;
they match perfectly,
not one is missing.
7 Behind your veil are hidden
beautiful rosy cheeks.
8 What if I could have
sixty queens, eighty wives,
and thousands of others!
9 You would be my only choice,
my flawless dove,
the favorite child
of your mother.
The young women, the queens,
and all the others
tell how excited you are
as they sing your praises:
10 “You are as majestic
as the morning sky—
glorious as the moon—
blinding as the sun!
Your charms are more powerful
than all the stars above.”
She Speaks:
11 I went down to see if blossoms
were on the walnut trees,
grapevines, and fruit trees.
12 But in my imagination
I was suddenly riding
on a glorious chariot.
Their Friends Speak:
13 Dance! Dance!
Beautiful woman from Shulam,
let us see you dance!
She Speaks:
Why do you want to see
this woman from Shulam
dancing with the others?