The Latin Vulgate VUL
Good News Translation GNT
1 ego flos campi et lilium convallium
1
I am only a wild flower in Sharon, a lily in a mountain valley.
2 sicut lilium inter spinas sic amica mea inter filias
2
Like a lily among thorns is my darling among women.
3 sicut malum inter ligna silvarum sic dilectus meus inter filios sub umbra illius quam desideraveram sedi et fructus eius dulcis gutturi meo
3
Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my dearest compared to other men. I love to sit in its shadow, and its fruit is sweet to my taste.
4 introduxit me in cellam vinariam ordinavit in me caritatem
4
He brought me to his banquet hall and raised the banner of love over me.
5 fulcite me floribus stipate me malis quia amore langueo
5
Restore my strength with raisins and refresh me with apples! I am weak from passion.
6 leva eius sub capite meo et dextera illius amplexabitur me
6
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand caresses me.
7 adiuro vos filiae Hierusalem per capreas cervosque camporum ne suscitetis neque evigilare faciatis dilectam quoadusque ipsa velit
7
Promise me, women of Jerusalem; swear by the swift deer and the gazelles that you will not interrupt our love.
8 vox dilecti mei ecce iste venit saliens in montibus transiliens colles
8
I hear my lover's voice. He comes running over the mountains, racing across the hills to me.
9 similis est dilectus meus capreae hinuloque cervorum en ipse stat post parietem nostrum despiciens per fenestras prospiciens per cancellos
9
My lover is like a gazelle, like a young stag. There he stands beside the wall. He looks in through the window and glances through the lattice.
10 et dilectus meus loquitur mihi surge propera amica mea formonsa mea et veni
10
My lover speaks to me. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me.
11 iam enim hiemps transiit imber abiit et recessit
11
The winter is over; the rains have stopped;
12 flores apparuerunt in terra tempus putationis advenit vox turturis audita est in terra nostra
12
in the countryside the flowers are in bloom. This is the time for singing; the song of doves is heard in the fields.
13 ficus protulit grossos suos vineae florent dederunt odorem surge amica mea speciosa mea et veni
13
Figs are beginning to ripen; the air is fragrant with blossoming vines. Come then, my love; my darling, come with me.
14 columba mea in foraminibus petrae in caverna maceriae ostende mihi faciem tuam sonet vox tua in auribus meis vox enim tua dulcis et facies tua decora
14
You are like a dove that hides in the crevice of a rock. Let me see your lovely face and hear your enchanting voice.
15 capite nobis vulpes vulpes parvulas quae demoliuntur vineas nam vinea nostra floruit
15
Catch the foxes, the little foxes, before they ruin our vineyard in bloom.
16 dilectus meus mihi et ego illi qui pascitur inter lilia
16
My lover is mine, and I am his. He feeds his flock among the lilies
17 donec adspiret dies et inclinentur umbrae revertere similis esto dilecte mi capreae aut hinulo cervorum super montes Bether
17
until the morning breezes blow and the darkness disappears. Return, my darling, like a gazelle, like a stag on the mountains of Bether.
The Latin Vulgate is in the public domain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.