Canticum Canticorum 1
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
King James Version with Apocrypha
1[ Sponsa Osculetur me osculo oris sui; quia meliora sunt ubera tua vino,
1The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.
2fragrantia unguentis optimis. Oleum effusum nomen tuum; ideo adolescentulæ dilexerunt te.
2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
3Chorus Adolescentularum Trahe me, post te curremus in odorem unguentorum tuorum. Introduxit me rex in cellaria sua; exsultabimus et lætabimur in te, memores uberum tuorum super vinum. Recti diligunt te.
3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
4Sponsa Nigra sum, sed formosa, filiæ Jerusalem, sicut tabernacula Cedar, sicut pelles Salomonis.
4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
5Nolite me considerare quod fusca sim, quia decoloravit me sol. Filii matris meæ pugnaverunt contra me; posuerunt me custodem in vineis: vineam meam non custodivi.
5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
6Indica mihi, quem diligit anima mea, ubi pascas, ubi cubes in meridie, ne vagari incipiam post greges sodalium tuorum.
6Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
7Sponsus Si ignoras te, o pulcherrima inter mulieres, egredere, et abi post vestigia gregum, et pasce hædos tuos juxta tabernacula pastorum.
7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
8Equitatui meo in curribus Pharaonis assimilavi te, amica mea.
8¶ If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.
9Pulchræ sunt genæ tuæ sicut turturis; collum tuum sicut monilia.
9I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10Murenulas aureas faciemus tibi, vermiculatas argento.
10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels , thy neck with chains of gold .
11Sponsa Dum esset rex in accubitu suo, nardus mea dedit odorem suum.
11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
12Fasciculus myrrhæ dilectus meus mihi; inter ubera mea commorabitur.
12¶ While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
13Botrus cypri dilectus meus mihi in vineis Engaddi.
13A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
14Sponsus Ecce tu pulchra es, amica mea ! ecce tu pulchra es ! Oculi tui columbarum.
14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
15Sponsa Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi, et decorus ! Lectulus noster floridus.
15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
16Tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina, laquearia nostra cypressina.]
16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
no verse 17 in this text
17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
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