Cantares 6:7-13

7 Tus mejillas son como mitades de granada detrás de tu velo.

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

9 pero sin igual es mi paloma, mi perfecta, es la hija única de su madre, la preferida de la que la dio a luz. Las doncellas la vieron y la llamaron bienaventurada, también las reinas y las concubinas, y la alabaron, diciendo:

10 "¿Quién es ésta que se asoma como el alba, hermosa como la luna llena, refulgente como el sol, imponente como escuadrones abanderados?"

11 Descendí al huerto de los nogales para ver el verdor del valle, para ver si la vid había retoñado, si los granados habían florecido.

12 Sin que me diera cuenta, mi alma me colocó sobre los carros de mi noble pueblo . EL CORO:

13 Regresa, regresa, oh Sulamita; regresa, regresa, para que te contemplemos. EL ESPOSO: ¿Por qué habéis de contemplar a la Sulamita, como en la danza de los dos coros?

Cantares 6:7-13 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. O, los carros de Aminadab