Cantico dei Cantici 6:1-6

1 Dov’è andato il tuo amico, o la più bella fra le donne? Da che parte s’è vòlto l’amico tuo? Noi lo cercheremo teco.

2 Il mio amico è disceso nel suo giardino, nell’aie degli aromi a pasturare i greggi ne’ giardini, e coglier gigli.

3 Io sono dell’amico mio; e l’amico mio, che pastura il gregge fra i gigli, è mio.

4 Amica mia, tu sei bella come Tirtsa, vaga come Gerusalemme, tremenda come un esercito a bandiere spiegate.

5 Storna da me gli occhi tuoi, che mi turbano. I tuoi capelli son come una mandra di capre, sospese ai fianchi di Galaad.

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;

Cantico dei Cantici 6:1-6 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.