1 O H quién te me diese como hermano Que mamó los pechos de mi madre; De modo que te halle yo fuera, y te bese, Y no me menosprecien!

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 Y o te llevaría, te metiera en casa de mi madre: Tú me enseñarías, Y yo te hiciera beber vino Adobado del mosto de mis granadas.

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 S u izquierda esté debajo de mi cabeza, Y su derecha me abrace.

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

4 C onjúroos, oh doncellas de Jerusalem, Que no despertéis, ni hagáis velar al amor, Hasta que quiera.

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

5 ¿ Quién es ésta que sube del desierto, Recostada sobre su amado? Debajo de un manzano te desperté: Allí tuvo tu madre dolores, Allí tuvo dolores la que te parió.

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 P onme como un sello sobre tu corazón, como una marca sobre tu brazo: Porque fuerte es como la muerte el amor; Duro como el sepulcro el celo: Sus brasas, brasas de fuego, Fuerte llama.

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 L as muchas aguas no podrán apagar el amor, Ni lo ahogarán los ríos. Si diese el hombre toda la hacienda de su casa por este amor, De cierto lo menospreciaran.

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 T enemos una pequeña hermana, Que no tiene pechos: ¿Qué haremos á nuestra hermana Cuando de ella se hablare?

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 S i ella es muro, Edificaremos sobre él un palacio de plata: Y si fuere puerta, La guarneceremos con tablas de cedro.

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 Y o soy muro, y mis pechos como torres, Desde que fuí en sus ojos como la que halla paz.

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

11 S alomón tuvo una viña en Baal-hamón, La cual entregó á guardas, Cada uno de los cuales debía traer mil monedas de plata por su fruto.

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 M i viña, que es mía, está delante de mí: Las mil serán tuyas, oh Salomón, Y doscientas, de los que guardan su fruto.

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 O h tú la que moras en los huertos, Los compañeros escuchan tu voz: Házmela oir.

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

14 H uye, amado mío; Y sé semejante al gamo, ó al cervatillo, Sobre las montañas de los aromas.

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