1 ل َيتَكَ كُنْتَ أخِي، مَنْ رَضِعَ مِنْ ثَدْيَي أُمِّي؟ إذا قابَلتُكَ فِي الشّارِعِ، أُقَبِّلُكَ وَلا يَلُومُنِي أحَدٌ.

Oh, that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I should find you without, I would kiss you, yes, and none would despise me.

2 أ قتادُكَ وَأُحْضِرُكَ إلَى بَيتِ أُمِّي، إلَى غُرْفَةِ والِدَتِي، حَيثُ تُعَلِّمُنِي. وَسَأسقِيكَ خَمراً مَمزُوجَةً، هِيَ رَحِيقُ رُمّانِي. هِيَ تَقُولُ للفَتَيات:

I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would cause you to drink spiced wine and of the juice of my pomegranates.

3 ش ِمالُهُ تَحتَ رَأسِي، وَيُمينُهُ تُطَوِّقُنِي.

Oh, that his left hand were under my head and that his right hand embraced me!

4 ي ا بَناتِ القُدْسِ، أستَحلِفُكُنَّ ألّا تُنَبِّهْنَ أوْ تُيقِظْنَ الحُبَّ، حَتَّى أسْتَعِدَّ لَهُ. الفَتيات يَقُلْنَ:

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you never stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

5 م َنْ هَذِهِ الطّالِعَةُ مِنَ البَرِّيَّةِ مُستَنِدَةً عَلَى حَبِيبِها؟ هِيَ تَقُولُ لَهُ: تَحتَ شَجَرَةِ التُّفّاحِ أيقَظتُكَ. هُناكَ حَبِلَتْ بِكَ أُمُّكَ. هُناكَ حَبِلَت بِكَ الَّتِي وَلَدَتكَ.

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother gave you birth, there she was in travail and bore you.

6 ك َخاتِمٍ ضَعنِي عَلَى قَلبِكَ، كَخاتِمٍ عَلِى ذِراعِكَ. لأنَّ الحُبَّ قَوِيٌّ كَالمُوتِ، غَيْرَتُهُ قاسِيَةٌ كَالهاوِيَةِ. شَرارُ الحُبِّ شَرارُ نارٍ، لَهَبٌ هائِلٌ.

Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame!

7 ل ا يَقوَى طُوفانٌ عَلَى إطفاءِ الحُبِّ، وَالأنهُارُ لا تَقدِرُ أنْ تَجرِفَهُ. لَوْ أنَّ إنساناً قَدَّمَ كُلَّ ثَروَةِ بَيتِهِ بَدَلَ الحُبِّ، فَإنَّها سَتُحتَقَرُ كَثِيراً. أشِقّاؤها يَقُوُلُونَ:

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised.

8 ع ِندَنا أُختٌ صَغِيرَةٌ، وَلَمْ يَكْبُرْ صَدرُها بَعدُ. فَماذا نَفعَلُ لِأُختِنا عِندَما تُطلَبُ للِزَّواجِ؟

We have a little sister and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for in marriage?

9 إ نْ كانَت سُوراً، سَنَبنِي عَلَيها بُرجاً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ. وَإنْ كانَتْ باباً، فَسَنَكسُوها بِالأرْزِ. هِيَ تُجيبهم:

If she is a wall, we will build upon her a turret of silver; but if she is a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

10 أ نا سُورٌ، وَثَدْيايَ بُرجانِ، يَنظُرَ إلَيَّ وَيَجِدُ سَلاماً. هُوَ يَقُولُ:

I am a wall, and my breasts are like the towers of it. Then was I in eyes as one to find peace.

11 ك انَ لِسُلَيْمانَ كَرمٌ فِي بَعلِ هامُونَ. فَأوكَلَ كَرمَهُ لِعُمّالٍ يَتَعَهَّدُونَهُ. فَكانَ كُلٌّ مِنهُمْ يُعطِي سُلَيْمانَ عَن ثَمَرِ الكَرمِ ألفَ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الفِضَّةِ.

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; everyone was to bring him a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit.

12 ا حتَفِظْ بِالألفِ، يا سُلَيْمانُ. وَأعطِ مِئَتَينِ لُحُرّاسِ الثَمَرِ. أمّا كَرمِي، الَّذِي أملُكُهُ، فَلِي وَحدِي. هُوَ يَقُولُ لَها:

You, O Solomon, can have your thousand, and those who tend the fruit of it two hundred; but my vineyard, which is mine, is before me!

13 ي ا مَنْ تَجلِسِينَ فِي البَساتِينِ، أصدِقائِي يَستَمِعُونَ إلَى صَوتِكِ. فَأسمِعِينِي صَوتَكِ أنا أيْضاً! هِيَ تَقُولُ لَهُ:

O you who dwell in the gardens, your companions have been listening to your voice—now cause me to hear it.

14 ع َجِّلْ، يا حَبِيبِي، وَكُنْ كَغَزالٍ، أوْ كَالإيَّلِ عَلَى جِبالِ الأطْيابِ.

Make haste, my beloved, and come quickly, like a gazelle or a young hart upon the mountains of spices!