Cânticos 5— comparação

1Eu vim ao meu jardim, minha irmã, minha noiva.

2Eu dormia, mas o meu coração estava desperto.

3Já tirei a minha túnica. Acaso devo vesti-la?

4O meu amado colocou a mão pela abertura da tranca.

5Eu me levantei para abrir para o meu amado.

6Eu abri para o meu amado;

7Os guardas que rondam a cidade me encontraram.

8Eu as conjuro, filhas de Jerusalém,

9Em que o seu amado é melhor do que outro amado,

10O meu amado é branco e corado.

11Sua cabeça é como o ouro mais puro.

12Seus olhos são como pombas junto aos ribeiros de águas,

13Suas faces são como um canteiro de especiarias, com torres de perfumes.

14Suas mãos são como anéis de ouro engastados com berilo.

15Suas pernas são como colunas de mármore, firmadas em bases de ouro puro.

16Sua boca é doçura;

1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved

2I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

3I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

4My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.

5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock.

6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left, and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.

7The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

8I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends

9How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Beloved

10My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.

11His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.

12His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.

13His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

14His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

15His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

16His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.