Cantares 6:4-9

Quinto Canto

4

El amado

4 Tú, amada mía, eres bella como Tirsá,encantadora como Jerusalén,majestuosa como las estrellas del cielo.

5 Aparta de mí la mirada,que tus ojos me tienen fascinado.Tus cabellos son como los rebaños de cabrasque retozan en Galaad.

6 Tus dientes son como rebaños de cabritasrecién salidas del baño.Cada una de ellas tiene su pareja,ninguna de ellas marcha sola.

7 Tus mejillas, tras el velo,parecen dos mitades de granadas.

8 Pueden ser sesenta las reinas,ochenta las concubinase innumerables las vírgenes,

9 pero una sola es mi palomita preciosa,la hija consentida de su madre,la favorita de quien le dio la vida.Las mujeres la ven y la bendicen;las reinas y las concubinas la alaban.

Cantares 6:4-9 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.