Cantares 6:1-9

1 ¿Donde se ha ido tu amado, oh, tú la más hermosa de todas las mujeres? ¿Adónde se apartó tu amado, y le buscaremos contigo

2 Mi amado descendió a su huerto, a las eras de las especias, para apacentar en los huertos, y para recoger los lirios

3 Yo soy de mi amado, y mi amado es mío; él apacienta entre los lirios

4 Hermosa eres tú, oh compañera mía, como Tirsa; de desear, como Jerusalén; imponente como el portador del estandarte del ejército

5 Aparta tus ojos de delante de mí, porque ellos me vencieron. Tu cabello es como manada de cabras, que se muestran en Galaad

6 Tus dientes, son como manada de ovejas que suben del lavadero, todas con crías mellizas, y estéril no hay entre ellas

7 Como cachos de granada son tus sienes entre tus guedejas

8 Sesenta son las reinas, y ochenta las concubinas, y las doncellas vírgenes sin número

9 mas una es la paloma mía, la perfecta mía; única es a su madre, escogida a la que la dio a luz. La vieron las doncellas, y la llamaron bienaventurada; sí, las reinas y las concubinas, la alabaron

Cantares 6:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 6

The discourse between the church and the daughters of Jerusalem is continued in this chapter: they inquire whither her beloved was gone, in order to seek him with her, So 6:1; she tells them where he was gone, and for what purpose he went thither, and what he was doing there; and claims and asserts her interest in him, So 6:2,3; Then follows a commendation of the church by Christ, who admires her beauty, and describes her by her eyes, hair So 6:4-7; and prefers her to all others; being a singular and choice one to him, and the praise of others, So 6:8-10; and next he gives an account of his going into his garden, and his design in it, and of what happened to him there, So 6:11,12. And the chapter is concluded with a charge to the Shulamite, to turn herself, that she might be looked upon; which occasions a question, to which an answer is returned, So 6:13.