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CANTAR DE LOS CANTARES
CAPÍTULO 4
[El Amado]
1 ¡Qué hermosa eres, amada mía, qué hermosa eres! Tus ojos son palomas, detrás de tu velo. Tus cabellos, como un rebaño de cabras que baja por las laderas de Galaad.
2 Tus dientes, como un rebaño de ovejas esquiladas que acaban de bañarse: todas ellas han tenido mellizos y no hay ninguna estéril.
3 Como una cinta escarlata son tus labios y tu boca es hermosa. Como cortes de granada son tus mejillas, detrás de tu velo.
4 Tu cuello es como la torre de David, construida con piedras talladas: de ella cuelgan mil escudos, toda clase de armaduras de guerreros.
5 Tus pechos son como dos ciervos jóvenes, mellizos de una gacela, que pastan entre los lirios.
6 Antes que sople la brisa y huyan las sombras, iré a la montaña de la mirra, a la colina del incienso.
7 Eres toda hermosa, amada mía, y no tienes ningún defecto.
8 ¡Ven conmigo del Líbano, novia mía, ven desde el Líbano! Desciende desde la cumbre del Amaná, desde las cimas del Sanir y del Hermón, desde la guarida de los leones, desde los montes de los leopardos.
9 ¡Me has robado el corazón hermana mía, novia mía! ¡Me has robado el corazón con una sola de tus miradas, con una sola vuelta de tus collares!
10 ¡Qué hermosos son tus amores, hermana mía, novia mía! Tus amores son más deliciosos que el vino, y el aroma de tus perfumes, mejor que todos los ungüentos.
11 ¡Tus labios destilan miel pura, novia mía! Hay miel y leche bajo tu lengua, y la fragancia de tus vestidos es como el aroma del Líbano.
12 Eres un jardín cerrado hermana mía, novia mía; eres un jardín cerrado, una fuente sellada.
13 Tus brotes son un vergel de granadas, con frutos exquisitos: alheña con nardos,
14 nardo y azafrán, caña aromática y canela, con todos los árboles de incienso, mirra y áloe, con los mejores perfumes.
15 ¡Fuente que riega los jardines, manantial de agua viva, que fluye desde el Líbano!
[La Amada]
16 ¡Despierta, viento del norte, ven, viento del sur! ¡Soplen sobre mi jardín para que exhale su perfume! ¡Que mi amado entre en su jardín y saboree sus frutos deliciosos!
CANTAR DE LOS CANTARES
ANTIGUO TESTAMENTO – SANTOS EVANGELIOS – NUEVO TESTAMENTO
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THE SONG OF SONGS
Chapter 4
1
G Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved,
ah, you are beautiful!
Your eyes are doves
behind your veil.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down the mountains of Gilead.
2
1 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes to be shorn,
which come up from the washing,
All of them big with twins,
none of them thin and barren.
3
2 Your lips are like a scarlet strand;
your mouth is lovely.
Your cheek is like a half-pomegranate
behind your veil.
4
3 Your neck is like David’s tower
girt with battlements;
A thousand bucklers hang upon it,
all the shields of valiant men.
5
Your breasts are like twin fawns,
the young of a gazelle
that browse among the lilies.
6
4 Until the day breathes cool and the shadows lengthen,
I will go to the mountain of myrrh,
to the hill of incense.
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5 You are all-beautiful, my beloved,
and there is no blemish in you.
8
6 Come from Lebanon, my bride,
come from Lebanon, come!
Descend from the top of Amana,
from the top of Senir and Hermon,
From the haunts of lions,
from the leopards’ mountains.
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7 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride;
you have ravished my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one bead of your necklace.
10
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride,
how much more delightful is your love than wine,
and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!
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8 Your lips drip honey, my bride,
sweetmeats and milk are under your tongue;
And the fragrance of your garments
is the fragrance of Lebanon.
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G 9 You are an enclosed garden, my sister, my bride,
an enclosed garden, a fountain sealed.
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You are a park that puts forth pomegranates,
with all choice fruits;
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10 Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
with all kinds of incense;
Myrrh and aloes,
with all the finest spices.
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You are a garden fountain, a well of water
flowing fresh from Lebanon.
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11 Arise, north wind! Come, south wind!
blow upon my garden
that its perfumes may spread abroad.
B Let my lover come to his garden
and eat its choice fruits.
1 [2] Teeth: praised for whiteness and regularity.
2 [3] Pomegranate: a fruit somewhat like an orange, with a firm skin and deep red color. The girl’s cheek is compared, in roundness and tint, to a half-pomegranate.
3 [4] The ornaments about her neck are compared to the trophies on the city walls. Cf ⇒ 1 Kings 10:10; ⇒ 14:26-28; ⇒ Ezekiel 27:10.
4 [6] Mountain of myrrh. . . hill of incense: spoken figuratively of the bride; cf ⇒ Song 8:14.
5 [7] Cf St. Paul’s description of the Church in ⇒ Eph 5:27. This verse is also applied to Our Lady, especially in the Liturgy of the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
6 [8] Amana . . . Senir and Hermon: these rugged heights symbolize obstacles that would separate the lovers; cf ⇒ Song 2:14.
7 [9] Sister: a term of endearment; it forms part of the conventional language of love used in this canticle.
8 [11] Honey: sweet words. Cf ⇒ Proverb 5:3.
9 [12] Enclosed garden . . . fountain sealed: reserved for the bridegroom alone. The bride’s fidelity is implied. Cf ⇒ Proverb 5:15-19.
10 [14] These plants are all known for their sweet scent.
11 [16] The last two lines of the verse are spoken by the girl, inviting her lover to herself, the garden.
THE SONG OF SONGS
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