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

STUTTGARTENSIA-DELITZSCH	NEW JERUSALEM
1 הֲיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לֶדֶת יַעֲלֵי־סָלַע חֹלֵל אַיָּלֹות תִּשְׁמֹר	1 Do you know when mountain goats give birth? Have you ever watched deer in labour?
2 תִּסְפֹּר יְרָחִים תְּמַלֶּאנָה וְיָדַעְתָּ עֵת לִדְתָּנָה	2 Have you ever counted the months that they carry their young? Do you know when they give birth?
3 תִּכְרַעְנָה יַלְדֵיהֶן תְּפַלַּחְנָה חֶבְלֵיהֶם תְּשַׁלַּחְנָה	3 They crouch to drop their young, they get rid of their burdens
4 יַחְלְמוּ בְנֵיהֶם יִרְבּוּ בַבָּר יָצְאוּ וְלֹא־שָׁבוּ לָמֹו	4 and the calves, having grown big and strong, go off into the desert and never come back to them.
5 מִי־שִׁלַּח פֶּרֶא חָפְשִׁי וּמֹסְרֹות עָרֹוד מִי פִתֵּחַ	5 Who has given the wild donkey his freedom, who has undone the harness of the brayer?
6 אֲשֶׁר־שַׂמְתִּי עֲרָבָה בֵיתֹו וּמִשְׁכְּנֹותָיו מְלֵחָה	6 I have given him the wastelands as his home, the salt plain as his habitat.
7 יִשְׂחַק לַהֲמֹון קִרְיָה תְּשֻׁאֹות נֹוגֵשׂ לֹא יִשְׁמָע	7 He scorns the turmoil of the town, obeys no donkey-man's shouts.
8 יְתוּר הָרִים מִרְעֵהוּ וְאַחַר כָּל־יָרֹוק יִדְרֹושׁ	8 The mountains are the pastures that he ranges in quest of anything green.
9 הֲיֹאבֶה רֵּים עָבְדֶךָ אִם־יָלִין עַל־אֲבוּסֶךָ	9 Is the wild ox willing to serve you or spend a night beside your manger?
10 הֲ‍תִקְשָׁר־רֵים בְּתֶלֶם עֲבֹתֹו אִם־יְשַׂדֵּד עֲמָקִים אַחֲרֶיךָ	10 If you tie a rope round his neck wil he harrow the furrows for you?
11 הֲתִבְטַח־בֹּו כִּי־רַב כֹּחֹו וְתַעֲזֹב אֵלָיו יְגִיעֶךָ	11 Can you rely on his massive strength and leave him to do your heavy work?
12 הֲתַאֲמִין בֹּו כִּי־ [יָשׁוּב כ] (יָשִׁיב ק) זַרְעֶךָ וְגָרְנְךָ יֶאֱסֹף	12 Can you depend on him to come home and pile your grain on your threshing-floor?
13 כְּנַף־רְנָנִים נֶעֱלָסָה אִם־אֶבְרָה חֲסִידָה וְנֹצָה	13 Can the wing of the ostrich be compared with the plumage of stork or falcon?
14 כִּי־תַעֲזֹב לָאָרֶץ בֵּצֶיהָ וְעַל־עָפָר תְּחַמֵּם	14 She leaves her eggs on the ground with only earth to warm them;
15 וַתִּשְׁכַּח כִּי־רֶגֶל תְּזוּרֶהָ וְחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּדוּשֶׁהָ	15 forgetting that a foot may tread on them or a wild animal crush them.
16 הִקְשִׁיחַ בָּנֶיהָ לְּלֹא־לָהּ לְרִיק יְגִיעָהּ בְּלִי־פָחַד	16 Cruel to her chicks as if they were not hers, little she cares if her labour goes for nothing.
17 כִּי־הִשָּׁהּ אֱלֹוהַּ חָכְמָה וְלֹא־חָלַק לָהּ בַּבִּינָה	17 God, you see, has deprived her of wisdom and given her no share of intel igence.
18 כָּעֵת בַּמָּרֹום תַּמְרִיא תִּשְׂחַק לַסּוּס וּלְרֹכְבֹו	18 Yet, if she bestirs herself to use her height, she can make fools of horse and rider too.
19 הֲתִתֵּן לַסּוּס גְּבוּרָה הֲתַלְבִּישׁ צַוָּארֹו רַעְמָה	19 Are you the one who makes the horse so brave and covers his neck with flowing mane?
20 הְתַרְעִישֶׁנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּה הֹוד נַחְרֹו אֵימָה	20 Do you make him leap like a grasshopper? His haughty neighing inspires terror.
21 יַחְפְּרוּ בָעֵמֶק וְיָשִׂישׂ בְּכֹחַ יֵצֵא לִקְרַאת־נָשֶׁק	21 Exultantly he paws the soil of the val ey, and charges the battle-line in all his strength.
22 יִשְׂחַק לְפַחַד וְלֹא יֵחָת וְלֹא־יָשׁוּב מִפְּנֵי־חָרֶב	22 He laughs at fear; he is afraid of nothing, he recoils before no sword.
23 עָלָיו תִּרְנֶה אַשְׁפָּה לַהַב חֲנִית וְכִידֹון	23 On his back the quiver rattles, the flashing spear and javelin.
24 בְּרַעַשׁ וְרֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־יַאֲמִין כִּי־קֹול שֹׁופָר	24 Trembling with impatience, he eats up the miles; when the trumpet sounds, there is no holding him.
25 בְּדֵי שֹׁפָר ׀ יֹאמַר הֶאָח וּמֵרָחֹוק יָרִיחַ מִלְחָמָה רַעַם רִים וּתְרוּעָה	25 At each trumpet blast he neighs exultantly. He scents the battle from afar, the thundering of thecommanders and the war cry.
26 הֲ‍מִבִּינָתְךָ יַאֲבֶר־נֵץ יִפְרֹשׂ [כְּנָפֹו כ] (כְּנָפָיו ק) לְתֵימָן	26 Is it your wisdom that sets the hawk flying when he spreads his wings to travel south?
27 אִם־עַל־פִּיךָ יַגְבִּיהַּ נָשֶׁר וְכִי יָרִים קִנֹּו	27 Does the eagle soar at your command to make her eyrie in the heights?
28 סֶלַע יִשְׁכֹּן וְיִתְלֹנָן עַל־שֶׁן־סֶלַע וּמְצוּדָה	28 She spends her nights among the crags with a needle of rock as her fortress,
29 מִשָּׁם חָפַר־אֹכֶל לְמֵרָחֹוק עֵינָיו יַבִּיטוּ	29 from which she watches for prey, fixing it with her far-ranging eye.
30 [וְאֶפְרֹחֹו כ] (וְאֶפְרֹחָיו ק) יְעַלְעוּ־דָם וּבַאֲשֶׁר חֲלָלִים שָׁם הוּא׃ פ	30 Even her young drink blood; where anyone has been killed, she is there.