Septuaginta, Canticle, ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D., 2

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ἐγὼ ἄνθος τοῦ πεδίου,

κρίνον τῶν κοιλάδων.

Ὡς κρίνον ἐν μέσῳ ἀκανθῶν,

οὕτως ἡ πλησίον μου ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν θυγατέρων.

Ὡς μῆλον ἐν τοῖς ξύλοις τοῦ δρυμοῦ,

οὕτως ἀδελφιδός μου ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν υἱῶν·

ἐν τῇ σκιᾷ αὐτοῦ ἐπεθύμησα καὶ ἐκάθισα,

καὶ καρπὸς αὐτοῦ γλυκὺς ἐν λάρυγγί μου.

εἰσαγάγετέ με εἰς οἶκον τοῦ οἴνου,

τάξατε ἐπʼ ἐμέ ἀγάπην.

στηρίσατέ με ἐν μύροις,

στοιβάσατέ με ἐν μήλοις, ὅτι τετρωμένη ἀγάπης ἐγώ.

εὐώνυμος αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὴν κεφαλήν μου,

καὶ ἡ δεξιὰ αὐτοῦ περιλήμψεταί με.

Ὥρκισα ὑμᾶς, θυγατέρες Ἰερουσαλήμ,

ἐν δυνάμεσιν καὶ ἐν ἰσχύσεσιν τοῦ ἀγροῦ,

ἐὰν ἐγείρητε καὶ ἐξεγείρητε τὴν ἀγάπην ἕως οὗ θελήσῃ.

Φωνὴ ἀδελφιδοῦ μου·

ἰδοὺ οὗτος ἥκει πηδῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη,

διαλλόμενος ἐπὶ τοὺς βουνούς.

ὅμοιός ἐστιν ἀδελφιδός μου τῇ δορκάδι

ἢ νεβρῷ ἐλάφων ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη Βαιθήλ.

ἰδοὺ οὗτος ὀπίσω τοῦ τοίχου ἡμῶν,

παρακύπτων διὰ τῶν θυρίδων

ἐκκύπτων διὰ τῶν δικτύων.

ἀποκρίνεται ἀδελφιδός μου καὶ λέγει μοι

Ἀνάστα ἐλθέ, ἡ πλησίον μου, καλή μου, περιστερά μου.

²³

ὅτι ἰδοὺ ὁ χειμὼν παρῆλθεν,

⁴

ὁ ὑετὸς ἀπῆλθεν, ἐπορεύθη ἑαυτῷ·

τὰ ἄνθη ὤφθη ἐν τῇ γῇ,

καιρὸς τῆς τομῆς ἔφθακεν,

φωνὴ τοῦ τρυγόνος ἠκούσθη ἐν τῇ γῇ ἡμῶν·

ἡ συκῆ ἐξήνεγκεν ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς,

αἱ ἄμπελοι κυπρίζουσιν, ἔδωκαν ὀσμήν.

ἀνάστα ἐλθέ, ἡ πλησίον μου, καλή μου, περιστερά μου.

καὶ ἐλθέ,

σὺ περιστερά μου, ἐν σκέπῃ τῆς πέτρας,

ἐχόμενα τοῦ προτειχίσματος

δεῖξόν μοι τὴν ὄψιν σου,

καὶ ἀκούτισόν με τὴν φωνήν σου,

ὅτι ἡ φωνή σου ἡδεῖα, καὶ ἡ ὄψις σου ὡραία.

πιάσατε ἡμῖν ἀλώπεκας

μικροὺς ἀφανίζοντας ἀμπελῶνας·

καὶ αἱ ἄμπελοι ἡμῶν κυπρίζουσαι.

βελφιδός μου ἐμοὶ κἀγὼ αὐτῷ·

ὁ ποιμαίνων ἐν τοῖς κρίνοις,

ἕως οὗ διαπνεύσῃ ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ κινηθῶσιν αἱ σκιαί.

ἀπόστρεψον, ὁμοιώθητι σύ, ἀδελφιδέ,

τῷ δόρκωνι ἢ νεβρῷ ἐλάφων

ἐπὶ ὄρη κοιλωμάτων.

Canticle. Septuaginta. ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.. United States. 2017.

Funding provided by Harvard Library Arcadia Fund.

Current edition First1KGreek

Ἆσμα (Greek) (Septuaginta. The Old Testament in Greek According to the Septuagint. Volume 2: I Chronicles-Tobit. Swete, Henry Barclay, editor. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1896.)

Translations (1)

Canticle Perseus (World English Bible. Revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. Rainbow Missions, Inc., 2000-2024.) — 2 focus

I am a rose of Sharon, A lily of the valleys.

As a lily among thorns, So is my love among the daughters. Beloved

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, His fruit was sweet to my taste.

He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.

Strengthen me with raisins, Refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.

His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That you not stir up, nor awaken love, Until it so desires.

The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, Leaping on the mountains, Skipping on the hills.

My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.

My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

For, behold, the winter is past. The rain is over and gone.

The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing has come, And the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.

The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, And come away. Lover

My dove in the clefts of the rock, In the hiding places of the mountainside, Let me see your face. Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

Catch for us the foxes, The little foxes that spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom. Beloved

My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, And be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.

Notes on the current edition

Canticle

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Septuaginta Canticle 2

ed. Henry Barclay Swete D.D.

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