Canticum Canticorum 1
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
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 your 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.
3Your oils have a pleasing fragrance. Your name is oil poured out, therefore the virgins love you.
4Sponsa Nigra sum, sed formosa, filiæ Jerusalem, sicut tabernacula Cedar, sicut pelles Salomonis.
4Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.
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 dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.
6Indica mihi, quem diligit anima mea, ubi pascas, ubi cubes in meridie, ne vagari incipiam post greges sodalium tuorum.
6Don’t stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me keeper of the vineyards. I haven’t kept my own vineyard.
7Sponsus Si ignoras te, o pulcherrima inter mulieres, egredere, et abi post vestigia gregum, et pasce hædos tuos juxta tabernacula pastorum.
7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
8Equitatui meo in curribus Pharaonis assimilavi te, amica mea.
8If you don’t know, most beautiful among women, follow the tracks of the sheep. Graze your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
9Pulchræ sunt genæ tuæ sicut turturis; collum tuum sicut monilia.
9I have compared you, my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.
10Murenulas aureas faciemus tibi, vermiculatas argento.
10Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.
11Sponsa Dum esset rex in accubitu suo, nardus mea dedit odorem suum.
11We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver.
12Fasciculus myrrhæ dilectus meus mihi; inter ubera mea commorabitur.
12While the king sat at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13Botrus cypri dilectus meus mihi in vineis Engaddi.
13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
14Sponsus Ecce tu pulchra es, amica mea ! ecce tu pulchra es ! Oculi tui columbarum.
14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
15Sponsa Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi, et decorus ! Lectulus noster floridus.
15Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are like doves.
16Tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina, laquearia nostra cypressina.]
16Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.
no verse 17 in this text
17The beams of our house are cedars. Our rafters are firs.
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