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ἐπὶ κοίτην μου ἐν νυξὶν

ἐζήτησα ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου·

ἐζήτησα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν,

ἐκάλεσα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσέν μου.

ἀναστήσομαι δὴ καὶ κυκλώσω ἐν τῇ πόλει,

ἐν ταῖς ἀγοραῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς πλατείαις,

καὶ ζητήσω ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου·

ἐζήτησα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐχ εὗρον αὐτόν.

εὕροσάν με οἱ τηροῦντες, οἱ κυκλοῦντες ἐν τῇ πόλει

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Μὴ ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου εἴδετε;

ὡς μικρὸν ὅτε παρῆλθον ἀπʼ αὐτῶν,

ἕως οὗ εὗρον ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου·

ἐκράτησα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκα αὐτόν,

ἕως οὗ εἰσήγαγον αὐτὸν εἰς οἶκον μητρός μου

καὶ εἰς ταμεῖον τῆς συλλαβούσης με.

Ὥρκισα ὑμᾶς, θυγατέρες Ἰερουσαλήμ,

ἐν ταῖς δυνάμεσιν καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἰσχύσεσιν τοῦ ἀγροῦ,

ἐὰν ἐγείρητε καὶ ἐξεγείρητε τὴν ἀγάπην ἕως ἂν θελήσῃ.

Τίς αὕτη ἡ ἀναβαίνουσα ἀπὸ τῆς ἐρήμου.

ὡς στελέχη καπνοῦ τεθυμιαμένη

σμύρναν καὶ λίβανον ἀπὸ πάντων κονιορτῶν μυρεψοῦ;

ἰδοὺ ἡ κλίνη τοῦ Σαλωμών,

ἐξήκοντα δυνατοὶ κύκλῳ αὐτῆς

ἀπὸ δυνατῶν Ἰσραήλ·

πάντες κατέχοντες ῥομφαίαν,

δεδιδαγμένοι πόλεμον·

ἀνὴρ ῥομφαία αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ μηρὸν αὐτοῦ

ἀπὸ θάμβους ἐν νυξίν.

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φορεῖον ἐποίησεν ἑαυτῷ ὁ βασιλεὺς Σαλωμὼν¶

ἀπὸ ξύλων τοῦ Λιβάνου·

στύλους αὐτοῦ ἐποίησεν ἀργύριον,

καὶ ἀνάκλιτον αὐτοῦ χρύσεον·

ἐπίβασις αὐτοῦ πορφυρᾶ,

ἐντὸς αὐτοῦ λιθόστρωτον,

ἀγάπην ἀπὸ θυγατέρων Ἰερουσαλήμ.

ἐξέλθατε καὶ ἴδετε

ἐν τῷ βασιλεῖ Σαλωμών,

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ἐν τῷ στεφάνῳ ᾧ ἐστεφάνωσεν αὐτὸν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ

ἐν ἡμέρᾳ νυμφεύσεως αὐτοῦ

καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ εὐφροσύνης καρδίας αὐτοῦ.

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.) — 3 focus

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

I will get up now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

The watchmen who go about the city found me; Have you seen him whom my soul loves?

I had scarcely passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother’s house, Into the chamber of her who conceived 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.

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all spices of the merchant?

Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, Of the mighty men of Israel.

They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, Because of fear in the night.

King Solomon made himself a carriage Of the wood of Lebanon.

He made its pillars of silver, Its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, Its midst being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.

Go forth, you daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, With the crown with which his mother has crowned him, In the day of his weddings, In the day of the gladness of his heart. Lover

Notes on the current edition

Canticle

1. U+05D0AC

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3. B

4. ¶ C

5. U+05D0AC

6. 3 μη ον ηγαπ.] pr η νυμφη τοις φυλαξιν ειπεν U+05D0 | ιδετε BᵇAC 4 εκρ τησα] pr ευρουσα τον νυμφιον ειπεν : mox in txt pr ευρουσα αυτον U+05D0 | αφηκ αφησω A | μητρος] pr της C | ταμειον BᵃC (-μιον B*bU+05D0)] ταμιειον A 5 κισα] pr τας νεανιδας ορκιζει η νυμφη) τουτο δευτερον U+05D0 6 τις αυτη] ο νυμφιος προς την νυμφην U+05D0 pr ο νυμφιος A | ωστελεχη A | ζμυρναν μυρεψικου U+05D0* (-ψου U+05D0c.a) 7 Σολομων U+05D0 8 ρομφαια] ρομφαιαν U+05D0Cvid μηρον] pr τον C 9 φοριον U+05D0Α hiat C | Σαλωμων] Σολομων U+05D0: cett peri in C | ξυλου U+05D0 10 χρυσιον U+05D0 | επιβασεις A 11 ιδετε] + θυγατε Σιω| Α | Σαλωμων] U+05D0 + θυγατερες Σιων U+05D0c.a

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