Cantares 5:2-8

Cuarto Canto

2

La amada

2 Yo dormía, pero mi corazón velaba.¡Y oí una voz!¡Mi amado estaba a la puerta!«Hermana, amada mía;preciosa paloma mía,¡déjame entrar!Mi cabeza está empapada de rocío;la humedad de la noche corre por mi pelo».

3 Ya me he quitado la ropa;¡cómo volver a vestirme!Ya me he lavado los pies;¡cómo ensuciarlos de nuevo!

4 Mi amado pasó la manopor la abertura del cerrojo;¡se estremecieron mis entrañas al sentirlo!

5 Me levanté y le abrí a mi amado;¡gotas de mirra corrían por mis manos!¡Se deslizaban entre mis dedosy caían sobre la aldaba!

6 Le abrí a mi amado,pero ya no estaba allí.Se había marchado,y tras su voz se fue mi alma.Lo busqué, y no lo hallé.Lo llamé, y no me respondió.

7 Me encontraron los centinelasmientras rondaban la ciudad;los que vigilan las murallasme hirieron, me golpearon;¡me despojaron de mi manto!

8 Yo les ruego, mujeres de Jerusalén,que si encuentran a mi amado,¡le digan que estoy enferma de amor!

Cantares 5:2-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 5

This chapter begins with Christ's answer to the church's request; in which he informs her, that he was come into his garden, as she desired, and gives an account of what he had done there; and kindly invites his dear friends to feast with him there, So 5:1; Then she relates her case and circumstances, which followed upon this, her sleepy frame, and ungrateful carriage to her beloved; which he resenting, withdrew from her, and this gave her sensible pain, So 5:2-6; what treatment she met with from the watchmen; her charge to the daughters of Jerusalem; and the questions they asked about her beloved, So 5:7-9; which put her upon giving a large description of him, by each of his parts, head, hair So 5:10-15; And the chapter is concluded with a general commendation of him and his loveliness, and a claim of interest in So 5:16.