Cantar de los cantares 1:1

1 Este es el Cantar de los Cantares de Salomón, la mejor de las canciones.

Cantar de los cantares 1:1 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:1

The Song of songs, which [is] Solomon's.
] Wrote by Solomon, king of Israel, as the "amanuensis" of the Holy Ghost; and not by Hezekiah and his men, as the Jews say ^F11: or, "concerning Solomon" {l}; Christ, of whom Solomon was a type; see ( Song of Solomon 3:7 ) ; of his person, excellencies, love to his church, care of her, and concern for her; and of the nearness and communion he admitted her to, and indulged her with the Jews have a saying ^F13, that wherever the word Solomon is used in this song, the Holy One is meant, the holy God, or Messiah: it is called "the Song of songs", because the most excellent, as the Holy of holies, King of kings which, with the Hebrews, express a superlative; this being more excellent than the one hundred and five songs, written by Solomon, or than any human composure whatever; yea, preferable to all Scriptural songs, as to subject, manner of style, and copiousness of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 15. 1.
F12 (hmlvl) "de Solomone", Cocceius.
F13 Maimon. Yesode Hatorah, c. 6. s. 12.

Cantar de los cantares 1:1 In-Context

1 Este es el Cantar de los Cantares de Salomón, la mejor de las canciones.

2 La joven
Bésame, una y otra vez,
porque tu amor es más dulce que el vino.

3 ¡Qué fragante es tu perfume!
Tu nombre es como la fragancia que se esparce.
¡Con razón todas las jóvenes te aman!

4 ¡Llévame contigo, ven, corramos!
El rey me ha traído a su alcoba.
Las jóvenes de Jerusalén
Cuánto nos alegramos por ti, oh rey;
elogiamos tu amor aún más que el vino.
La joven
Con razón te quieren las jóvenes.

5 Soy morena pero hermosa,
oh mujeres de Jerusalén,
morena como las carpas de Cedar,
morena como las cortinas de las carpas de Salomón.