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Shir haShirim and Yohannan--Cycle 2

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The Song of the Vineyard Keepers



ח קוֹל דּוֹדִי

הִנֵּה-זֶה בָּא

מְדַלֵּג, עַל-הֶהָרִים

מְקַפֵּץ, עַל-הַגְּבָעוֹת

ט דּוֹמֶה דוֹדִי לִצְבִי, אוֹ לְעֹפֶר הָאַיָּלִים

הִנֵּה-זֶה עוֹמֵד,אַחַר כָּתְלֵנוּ



מַשְׁגִּיחַ מִן-הַחַלֹּנוֹת

מֵצִיץ מִן-הַחֲרַכִּים



Shulamit sees Shlomo and runs to tell the harem (or her family?):

2:8The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes,
Leaping on the mountains,
Skipping on the hills.


2:9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart.
Behold, he stands behind our wall!


He looks in at the windows.
He glances through the lattice.


 

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י עָנָה דוֹדִי, וְאָמַר לִי

קוּמִי לָךְ רַעְיָתִי יָפָתִי, וּלְכִי-לָךְ

יא כִּי-הִנֵּה הַסְּתָו, עָבָר

הַגֶּשֶׁם, חָלַף הָלַךְ לוֹ

יב הַנִּצָּנִים נִרְאוּ בָאָרֶץ

עֵת הַזָּמִיר הִגִּיעַ

וְקוֹל הַתּוֹר, נִשְׁמַע בְּאַרְצֵנוּ

יג הַתְּאֵנָה חָנְטָה פַגֶּיהָ

וְהַגְּפָנִים סְמָדַר נָתְנוּ רֵיחַ


קוּמִי לכי רַעְיָתִי יָפָתִי, וּלְכִי-לָךְ

Shulamit tells the chorus what Shlomo said:

2:10My beloved spoke, and said to me,
Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.


2:11For, behold, the winter is past.
The rain is over and gone.


2:12The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of the singing has come,
And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.


2:13The fig tree ripens her green figs.
The vines are in blossom;
They give forth their fragrance.


Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
And come away.


 
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יד יוֹנָתִי בְּחַגְוֵי הַסֶּלַע

בְּסֵתֶר הַמַּדְרֵגָה

הַרְאִינִי אֶת-מַרְאַיִךְ

הַשְׁמִיעִנִי אֶת-קוֹלֵךְ

כִּי-קוֹלֵךְ עָרֵב, וּמַרְאֵיךְ נָאוֶה



טו אֶחֱזוּ-לָנוּ, שֻׁעָלִים

שֻׁעָלִים קְטַנִּים, מְחַבְּלִים כְּרָמִים

וּכְרָמֵינוּ, סְמָדַר



טז דּוֹדִי לִי וַאֲנִי לוֹ

הָרֹעֶה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים



יז עַד שֶׁיָּפוּחַ הַיּוֹם,וְנָסוּ הַצְּלָלִים

סֹב דְּמֵה-לְךָ דוֹדִי לִצְבִי, אוֹ לְעֹפֶר הָאַיָּלִים--עַל-הָרֵי בָתֶר





Shlomo calls out:

2:14My dove in the clefts of the rock,
In the hiding places of the mountainside,
Let me see your face.
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.


But the chorus hushes him, commanding both to keep their watch over the vineyards:

2:15Catch for us the foxes,
The little foxes that spoil the vineyards;
For our vineyards are in blossom.


Shulamit responds (flustered over the command):

2:16My beloved is mine, and I am his.
He browses among the lilies.


She tells Shlomo to join her instead in the evening:

2:17Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved,
And be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.
 
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א עַל-מִשְׁכָּבִי, בַּלֵּילוֹת

בִּקַּשְׁתִּי, אֵת שֶׁאָהֲבָה נַפְשִׁי

בִּקַּשְׁתִּיו, וְלֹא מְצָאתִיו

ב אָקוּמָה נָּא וַאֲסוֹבְבָה בָעִיר

בַּשְּׁוָקִים וּבָרְחֹבוֹת

אֲבַקְשָׁה, אֵת שֶׁאָהֲבָה נַפְשִׁי

בִּקַּשְׁתִּיו, וְלֹא מְצָאתִיו

ג מְצָאוּנִי, הַשֹּׁמְרִים

הַסֹּבְבִים, בָּעִיר

אֵת שֶׁאָהֲבָה נַפְשִׁי, רְאִיתֶם

ד כִּמְעַט, שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי מֵהֶם

עַד שֶׁמָּצָאתִי, אֵת שֶׁאָהֲבָה נַפְשִׁי

אֲחַזְתִּיו, וְלֹא אַרְפֶּנּוּ

עַד-שֶׁהֲבֵיאתִיו אֶל-בֵּית אִמִּי

וְאֶל-חֶדֶר הוֹרָתִי

ה הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם

בִּצְבָאוֹת, אוֹ, בְּאַיְלוֹת הַשָּׂדֶה

אִם-תָּעִירוּ וְאִם-תְּעוֹרְרוּ אֶת-הָאַהֲבָה

עַד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּץ



But Shlomo does not return:

3:1By night on my bed,
I sought him whom my soul loves
.
I sought him, but I didn't find him.


She goes out to search for him:

3:2I will get up now, and go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares


I will seek him whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but I didn't find him.


3:3The watchmen who go about the city found me;
"Have you seen
him whom my soul loves?"


3:4I had scarcely passed from them,
When I found
him whom my soul loves.


I held him, and would not let him go,
Until I had brought him into my mother's house,
Into the chamber of her who conceived me.


Consummation:

3:5I adjure you, daughters of Yerushalayim,
By the roes, or by the hinds of the field,
That you not stir up, nor awaken love,
Until it so desires.
 
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