ΑΣΜΑ - Cantico - Canticle of Canticles 5

LXX	NEW JERUSALEM
1 εισηλθον εις κηπον μου αδελφη μου νυμφη ετρυγησα σμυρναν μου μετα αρωματων μου εφαγον αρτον μου μετα μελιτος μου επιον οινον μου μετα γαλακτος μου φαγετε πλησιοι και πιετε και μεθυσθητε αδελφοι	1 LOVER: I come into my garden, my sister, my promised bride, I pick my myrrh and balsam, I eat myhoney and my honeycomb, I drink my wine and my milk. POET: Eat, friends, and drink, drink deep, my dearestfriends.
2 εγω καθευδω και η καρδια μου αγρυπνει φωνη αδελφιδου μου κρουει επι την θυραν ανοιξον μοι αδελφη μου η πλησιον μου περιστερα μου τελεια μου οτι η κεφαλη μου επλησθη δροσου και οι βοστρυχοι μου ψεκαδων νυκτος	2 BELOVED: I sleep, but my heart is awake. I hear my love knocking. 'Open to me, my sister, my beloved,my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my hair with the drops of night.'
3 εξεδυσαμην τον χιτωνα μου πως ενδυσωμαι αυτον ενιψαμην τους ποδας μου πως μολυνω αυτους	3 -'I have taken off my tunic, am I to put it on again? I have washed my feet, am I to dirty them again?'
4 αδελφιδος μου απεστειλεν χειρα αυτου απο της οπης και η κοιλια μου εθροηθη επ' αυτον	4 My love thrust his hand through the hole in the door; I trembled to the core of my being.
5 ανεστην εγω ανοιξαι τω αδελφιδω μου χειρες μου εσταξαν σμυρναν δακτυλοι μου σμυρναν πληρη επι χειρας του κλειθρου	5 Then I got up to open to my love, myrrh ran off my hands, pure myrrh off my fingers, on to the handle ofthe bolt.
6 ηνοιξα εγω τω αδελφιδω μου αδελφιδος μου παρηλθεν ψυχη μου εξηλθεν εν λογω αυτου εζητησα αυτον και ουχ ευρον αυτον εκαλεσα αυτον και ουχ υπηκουσεν μου	6 I opened to my love, but he had turned and gone. My soul failed at his flight, I sought but could not findhim, I cal ed, but he did not answer.
7 ευροσαν με οι φυλακες οι κυκλουντες εν τη πολει επαταξαν με ετραυματισαν με ηραν το θεριστρον μου απ' εμου φυλακες των τειχεων	7 The watchmen met me, those who go on their rounds in the city. They beat me, they wounded me, theytook my cloak away from me: those guardians of the ramparts!
8 ωρκισα υμας θυγατερες ιερουσαλημ εν ταις δυναμεσιν και εν ταις ισχυσεσιν του αγρου εαν ευρητε τον αδελφιδον μου τι απαγγειλητε αυτω οτι τετρωμενη αγαπης ειμι εγω	8 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you should find my love, what are you to tel him? -That I amsick with love!
9 τι αδελφιδος σου απο αδελφιδου η καλη εν γυναιξιν τι αδελφιδος σου απο αδελφιδου οτι ουτως ωρκισας ημας	9 CHORUS: What makes your lover better than other lovers, O loveliest of women? What makes yourlover better than other lovers, to put us under such an oath?
10 αδελφιδος μου λευκος και πυρρος εκλελοχισμενος απο μυριαδων	10 BELOVED: My love is fresh and ruddy, to be known among ten thousand.
11 κεφαλη αυτου χρυσιον και φαζ βοστρυχοι αυτου ελαται μελανες ως κοραξ	11 His head is golden, purest gold, his locks are palm fronds and black as the raven.
12 οφθαλμοι αυτου ως περιστεραι επι πληρωματα υδατων λελουσμεναι εν γαλακτι καθημεναι επι πληρωματα υδατων	12 His eyes are like doves beside the water-courses, bathing themselves in milk, perching on a fountain-rim.
13 σιαγονες αυτου ως φιαλαι του αρωματος φυουσαι μυρεψικα χειλη αυτου κρινα σταζοντα σμυρναν πληρη	13 His cheeks are beds of spices, banks sweetly scented. His lips are lilies, distil ing pure myrrh.
14 χειρες αυτου τορευται χρυσαι πεπληρωμεναι θαρσις κοιλια αυτου πυξιον ελεφαντινον επι λιθου σαπφειρου	14 His hands are golden, rounded, set with jewels of Tarshish. His bel y a block of ivory covered withsapphires.
15 κνημαι αυτου στυλοι μαρμαρινοι τεθεμελιωμενοι επι βασεις χρυσας ειδος αυτου ως λιβανος εκλεκτος ως κεδροι	15 His legs are alabaster columns set in sockets of pure gold. His appearance is that of Lebanon,unrival ed as the cedars.
16 φαρυγξ αυτου γλυκασμοι και ολος επιθυμια ουτος αδελφιδος μου και ουτος πλησιον μου θυγατερες ιερουσαλημ	16 His conversation is sweetness itself, he is altogether lovable. Such is my love, such is my friend, Odaughters of Jerusalem.