Cantico dei Cantici 6:6-13

6 I tuoi denti son come un branco di pecore, che tornano dal lavatoio; tutte hanno de’ gemelli, non ve n’è alcuna che sia sterile;

7 le tue gote, dietro al tuo velo, son come un pezzo di melagrana.

8 Ci son sessanta regine, ottanta concubine, e fanciulle senza numero;

9 ma la mia colomba, la perfetta mia, è unica; è l’unica di sua madre, la prescelta di colei che l’ha partorita. Le fanciulle la vedono, e la proclaman beata; la vedon pure le regine e le concubine, e la lodano.

10 Chi è colei che appare come l’alba, bella come la luna, pura come il sole, tremenda come un esercito a bandiere spiegate?

11 Io son discesa nel giardino de’ noci a vedere le piante verdi della valle, a veder se le viti mettevan le loro gemme, se i melagrani erano in fiore.

12 Io non so come, il mio desiderio m’ha resa simile ai carri d’Amminadab.

13 (H7-1) Torna, torna, o Sulamita, torna, torna, che ti miriamo. Perché mirate la Sulamita come una danza a due schiere?

Cantico dei Cantici 6:6-13 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.