Shir ha-Shirim (שיר השירים ) - Cantico dei Cantici 39

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 הֲיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָלַע חֹלֵל אַיָּלֹות תִּשְׁמֹר	1 Do you know about the birth of the mountain goats, watch for the birth pangs of the hinds,
2 תִּסְפֹּר יְרָחִים תְּמַלֶּאנָה וְיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לִדְתָּנָה	2 Number the months that they must fulfill, and fix the time of their bringing forth?
3 תִּכְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּחְנָה	3 They crouch down and bear their young; they deliver their progeny in the desert.
4 יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם יִרְבּוּ בַבָּר יָצְאוּ וְלֹא־שָׁבוּ לָמֹו	4 When their offspring thrive and grow, they leave and do not return.
5 מִי־שִׁלַּח פֶּרֶא חָפְשִׁי וּמֹסְרֹות עָרֹוד מִי פִתֵּחַ	5 Who has given the wild ass his freedom, and who has loosed him from bonds?
6 אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי עֲרָבָה בֵיתֹו וּמִשְׁכְּנֹותָיו מְלֵחָה	6 I have made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 יִשְׂחַק לַהֲמֹון קִרְיָה תְּשֻׁאֹות נֹוגֵשׂ לֹא יִשְׁמָע	7 He scoffs at the uproar of the city, and hears no shouts of a driver.
8 יְתוּר הָרִים מִרְעֵהוּ וְאַחַר כָּל־יָרֹוק יִדְרֹושׁ	8 He ranges the mountains for pasture, and seeks out every patch of green.
9 הֲיֹאבֶה רֵּים עָבְדֶךָ אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוּסֶךָ	9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you, and to pass the nights by your manger?
10 הֲ‍תִקְשָׁר־רֵים בְּתֶלֶם עֲבֹתֹו אִם־יְשַׂדֵּד עֲמָקִים אַחֲרֶיךָ	10 Will a rope bind him in the furrow, and will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 הֲתִבְטַח־בֹּו כִּי־רַב כֹּחֹו וְתַעֲזֹב אֵלָיו יְגִיעֶךָ	11 Will you trust him for his great strength and leave to him the fruits of your toil?
12 הֲתַאֲמִין בֹּו כִּי־ [יָשׁוּב כ] (יָשִׁיב ק) זַרְעֶךָ וְגָרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹף	12 Can you rely on him to thresh out your grain and gather in the yield of your threshing floor?
13 כְּנַף־רְנָנִים נֶעֱלָסָה אִם־אֶבְרָה חֲסִידָה וְנֹצָה	13 The wings of the ostrich beat idly; her plumage is lacking in pinions.
14 כִּי־תַעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּצֶיהָ וְעַל־עָפָר תְּחַמֵּם	14 When she leaves her eggs on the ground and deposits them in the sand,
15 וַתִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־רֶגֶל תְּזוּרֶהָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּדוּשֶׁהָ	15 Unmindful that a foot may crush them, that the wild beasts may trample them,
16 הִקְשִׁיחַ בָּנֶיהָ לְּלֹא־לָהּ לְרִיק יְגִיעָהּ בְּלִי־פָחַד	16 She cruelly disowns her young and ruthlessly makes nought of her brood;
17 כִּי־הִשָּׁהּ אֱלֹוהַּ חָכְמָה וְלֹא־חָלַק לָהּ בַּבִּינָה	17 For God has withheld wisdom from her and has given her no share in understanding.
18 כָּעֵת בַּמָּרֹום תַּמְרִיא תִּשְׂחַק לַסּוּס וּלְרֹכְבֹו	18 Yet in her swiftness of foot she makes sport of the horse and his rider.
19 הֲתִתֵּן לַסּוּס גְּבוּרָה הֲתַלְבִּישׁ צַוָּארֹו רַעְמָה	19 Do you give the horse his strength, and endow his neck with splendor?
20 הְתַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּה הֹוד נַחְרֹו אֵימָה	20 Do you make the steed to quiver while his thunderous snorting spreads terror?
21 יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק וְיָשִׂישׂ בְּכֹחַ יֵצֵא לִקְרַאת־נָשֶׁק	21 He jubilantly paws the plain and rushes in his might against the weapons.
22 יִשְׂחַק לְפַחַד וְלֹא יֵחָת וְלֹא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־חָרֶב	22 He laughs at fear and cannot be deterred; he turns not back from the sword.
23 עָלָיו תִּרְנֶה אַשְׁפָּה לַהַב חֲנִית וְכִידֹון	23 Around him rattles the quiver, flashes the spear and the javelin.
24 בְּרַעַשׁ וְרֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־יַאֲמִין כִּי־קֹול שֹׁופָר	24 Frenzied and trembling he devours the ground; he holds not back at the sound of the trumpet,
25 בְּדֵי שֹׁפָר ׀ יֹאמַר הֶאָח וּמֵרָחֹוק יָרִיחַ מִלְחָמָה רַעַם רִים וּתְרוּעָה	25 but at each blast he cries, "Aha!" Even from afar he scents the battle, the roar of the chiefs and the shouting.
26 הֲ‍מִבִּינָתְךָ יַאֲבֶר־נֵץ יִפְרֹשׂ [כְּנָפֹו כ] (כְּנָפָיו ק) לְתֵימָן	26 Is it by your discernment that the hawk soars, that he spreads his wings toward the south?
27 אִם־עַל־פִּיךָ יַגְבִּיהַּ נָשֶׁר וְכִי יָרִים קִנֹּו	27 Does the eagle fly up at your command to build his nest aloft?
28 סֶלַע יִשְׁכֹּן וְיִתְלֹנָן עַל־שֶׁן־סֶלַע וּמְצוּדָה	28 On the cliff he dwells and spends the night, on the spur of the cliff or the fortress.
29 מִשָּׁם חָפַר־אֹכֶל לְמֵרָחֹוק עֵינָיו יַבִּיטוּ	29 From thence he watches for his prey; his eyes behold it afar off.
30 [וְאֶפְרֹחֹו כ] (וְאֶפְרֹחָיו ק) יְעַלְעוּ־דָם וּבַאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הוּא׃ פ	30 His young ones greedily drink blood; where the slain are, there is he.