Cânticos 8

1 Oh that you were like my brother,

who nursed from the breasts of my mother!

If I found you outside, I would kiss you;

yes, and no one would despise me.

2 I would lead you, bringing you into the house of my mother,

who would instruct me.

I would have you drink spiced wine,

of the juice of my pomegranate.

3 His left hand would be under my head.

His right hand would embrace me.

4 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,

that you not stir up, nor awaken love,

until it so desires.

Friends

5 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness,

leaning on her beloved?

Beloved

Under the apple tree I awakened you.

There your mother conceived you.

There she was in labor and bore you.

6 Set me as a seal on your heart,

as a seal on your arm;

for love is strong as death.

Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol.*8:6 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Its flashes are flashes of fire,

a very flame of Yah.*8:6 "Yah" is a short form of "Yahweh", which is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered "LORD" (all caps) in other translations.

7 Many waters can’t quench love,

neither can floods drown it.

If a man would give all the wealth of his house for love,

he would be utterly scorned.

Brothers

8 We have a little sister.

She has no breasts.

What shall we do for our sister

in the day when she is to be spoken for?

9 If she is a wall,

we will build on her a turret of silver.

If she is a door,

we will enclose her with boards of cedar.

Beloved

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers,

then I was in his eyes like one who found peace.

11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon.

He leased out the vineyard to keepers.

Each was to bring a thousand shekels*8:11 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1000 shekels is about 10 kilograms or about 22 pounds. of silver for its fruit.

12 My own vineyard is before me.

The thousand are for you, Solomon,

two hundred for those who tend its fruit.

Lover

13 You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance,

let me hear your voice!

Beloved

14 Come away, my beloved!

Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

1 Auē me i rite koe ki tōku tungāne

i ngote nei i ngā ū o tōku whaea!

Ka kite ahau i a koe i waho, ka kihia koe e ahau,

āe, e kore tētahi e whakahāwea ki ahau.

2 Ka aratakina koe e ahau,

ka kawea ki te whare o tōku whaea,

ko ia anō hei whakaako i ahau.

Ka whakainumia koe e ahau ki te wāina whakaranu,

ki te wai o tāku pamekaranete.

3 Ko tōna mauī ki raro i tōku mātenga,

ko tōna matau ki te awhi i ahau!

4 He kī atu tēnei nāku ki a koutou, e ngā tamāhine o Hiruhārama,

kaua e whakaohokia, kaua e whakaarahia tāku e aroha nei,

kia pai rā anō ia!

Te Hokinga Mai

Ngā Hoa

5 Ko wai tēnei e haere mai nei i te koraha

e taupuhipuhi nei ki tāna i aroha ai?

Te Wahine

Nāku koe i whakaara ake i raro i te āporo;

ko te wāhi tēnā i puta mai ai koe i roto i tōu whaea;

i puta mai anō koe i reira i roto i te wahine i whānau ai koe.

6 Waiho ahau hei hīri ki tōu ngākau,

hei hīri ki tōu ringa;

rite tahi hoki ki tō te mate te kaha o te aroha;

nanakia tonu te hae, ānō ko te urupā,

ko ōna hiko, he hiko ahi,

he mura pū nā Ihowā.

7 Nui te wai, e kore te aroha e taea te tinei,

e kore anō e ngaro i ngā awa.

Ahakoa i hoatu e te tangata

ngā rawa katoa o tōna whare mō te aroha,

ka whakahāweatia rawatia.

Ngā Hoa

8 He teina nohinohi tō mātou,

kāhore hoki ōna ū.

Me pēhea mātou ki tō mātou teina

i te rā e kōrerotia ai ia?

9 Ki te mea he taiepa ia,

ka hangā e tātou he pourewa ki runga ki a ia, he mea hiriwa.

Ki te mea he tatau ia,

ka whakakōpakina ia e tātou ki ngā papa hīta.

Te Wahine

10 He taiepa ahau,

ko ōku ū, ānō ko ōna pourewa;

nō reira, ki tāna titiro mai,

i rite ahau ki tētahi kua kite i te āta noho.

Te Tāne

11 He māra wāina tā Horomona i Paara-Hamono,

tukua atu ana e ia te māra ki ngā kaitiaki;

kotahi mano ngā hiriwa hei kawenga mai mā tēnei,

mā tēnei hei utu mō ōna hua.

12 Ko tāku māra, ko tāku ake, kei tōku aroaro;

māu, e Horomona, te kotahi mano,

ā, mā ngā kaitiaki o ōna hua e rua rau.

13 E koe e noho nei i ngā kāri,

e whakarongo ana ngā hoa ki tōu reo;

meinga kia rongo ahau.

Te Wahine

14 Kia hohoro, e tāku e aroha nei,

kia rite koe ki te anaterope,

ki te kūao hāta rānei

i runga i ngā maunga kīnaki kakara!