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καταβήτω ἀδελφιδός μου εἰς κῆπον αὐτοῦ

καὶ φαγέτω καρπὸν ἀκροδρύων αὐτοῦ.

(¹)Εἰοῆλθον εἰς κῆπον, ἀδελφή μου νύμφη·

ἐτρύγησα σμύρναν μου μετὰ ἀρωμάτων μου,

ἔφαγον ἄρτον μου μετὰ μέλιτός μου,

ἔπιον οἶνόν μου μετὰ γάλακτός μου.

φάγετε, πλησίοι, καὶ πίετε καὶ μεθύσθητε, ἀδελφοί

Ἐγὼ καθεύδω, καὶ ἡ καρδία μου ἀγρυπνεῖ

¹²

φωνὴ ἀδελφιδοῦ μου, κρούει ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν

Ἄνοιξόν μοι, ἀδελφή μου, ἡ πλησίον μου.

περιστερά μου, τελεία μου,

ὅτι ἡ κεφαλή μου ἐπλήσθη δρόσου

καὶ οἱ βόστρυχοί μου ψεκάδων νυκτός.

ἐξεδυσάμην τὸν χιτῶνά μου, πῶς ἐνδύσωμαι αὐτόν;

ἐνιψάμην τοὺς πόδας μου, πῶς μολυνῶ αὐτούς;

ἀδελφιδός μου ἀπέστειλεν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀπῆς.

καὶ ἡ κοιλία μου ἐθροήθη ἐπʼ αὐτόν.

ἀνέστην ἐγὼ ἀνοῖξαι τῷ ἀδελφιδῷ μου.

χεῖρές μου ἔσταξαν σμύρναν,

δάκτυλοί μου σμύρναν πλήρη

ἐπὶ χεῖρας τοῦ κλείθρου.

ἤνοιξα ἐγὼ τῷ ἀδελφιδῷ μου,

ἀδελφιδός μου παρῆλθεν·

ψυχή μου ἐξῆλθεν ἐν λόγῳ αὐτοῦ·

ἐζήτησα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐχ εὖρον αὐτόν,

ἐκάλεσα αὐτὸν καὶ οὐχ ὑπήκουσέν μου.

εὕροσάν με οἱ φύλακες οἱ κυκλοῦντες ἐν τῇ πόλει.

ἐπάταξάν με, ἐτραυμάτισάν με·

ἦραν τὸ θέριστρόν μου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ φύλακες τῶν τειχέων

Ὥρκισα ὑμᾶς, θυγατέρες Ἰερουσαλήμ,

ἐν ταῖς δυνάμεσιν καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἰσχύσεσιν τοῦ ἀγροῦ,

ἐὰν εὕρητε τὸν ἀδελφιδόν μου, τί ἀπαγγείλητε αὐτῷ;

ὅτι τετρωμένη ἀγάπης ἐγώ.

Τί ἀδελφιδός σου ἀπὸ ἀδελφιδοῦ, ἡ καλὴ ἐν γυναιείν,

τἰ ἀδελφιδός σου ἀπὸ ἀδελφιδοῦ, ὅτι οὕτως ὥρκισας ἡμᾶς;

Ἀδελφιδός μου λευκὸς καὶ πυρρός,

⁴⁶

ἐκλελοχισμένος ἀπὸ μυριάδων.

κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ χρυσίον καὶ φάζ,

βόστρυχοι αὐτοῦ ἐλάται, μέλανες ὡς κόραξ.

Ζφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς περιστεραὶ ἐπὶ πληρώματα ὑδάτων

λελουσμέναι ἐν γάλακτι,

καθήμεναι ἐπὶ πληρώματα.

σιαγόνες αὐτοῦ ὡς φιάλαι τοῦ ἀρώματος φύουσαι μυρεψικά,

χείλη αὐτοῦ κρίνα στάζοντα σμύρναν πλήρη.

χεῖρες αὐτοῦ τορευταὶ χρυσαῖ πεπληραομέναι Θαρσείς.

κοιλία αὐτοῦ πυξίον ἐλεφάντινον ἐπὶ λίθου σαπφείρου.

κνῆμαι αὐτοῦ στύλοι μαρμάρινοι

τεθεμελιωμένοι ἐπὶ βάσεις χρυσᾶς·

εἶδος αὐτοῦ ὡς Λίβανος, ἐκλεκτὸς ὡς κέδροι.

φάρυγξ αὐτοῦ γλυκασμοὶ καὶ ὅλος ἐπιθυμία.

οὗτος ἀδελφιδός μου

καὶ οὗτος πλησίον μου, θυγατέρες Ἰερουσαλήμ.

Ποῦ ἀπῆλθεν ὁ ἀδελφιδός σου, ἡ καλὴ ἐν γυναιξίνς;

ποῦ ἀπέβλεψεν ὁ ἀδελφιδός σους;

καὶ ζητήσομεν αὐτὸν μετὰ σοῦ.

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.) — 5 focus

I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved

I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My hair with the dampness of the night.

I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.

I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, My fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the lock.

I opened to my beloved; But my beloved left; gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn’t find him. I called him, but he didn’t answer.

The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends

How is your beloved better than another beloved, You fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, That you do so adjure us? Beloved

My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.

His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.

His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, Washed with milk, mounted like jewels.

His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires.

His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

His mouth is sweetness; Yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, Daughters of Jerusalem. Friends

Notes on the current edition

Canticle

1. U+05D0A

2. 9 μια] ενι U+05D0c.a | τραχηλου U+05D0A 10 σου 1⁰] +αδελφη μου (νου U+05D0* μου U+05D01) νυμφη| οτι εκαλλιωθησαν (-ωθη U+05D0) μαστοι σου Bᵇ⁽ᵛⁱᵈ)U+05D0A | ιματιων] μυρων U+05D0 | αρωματα] pr τα U+05D0A 13 αποστολη U+05D0c.a (-λαι U+05D0*c.a) | παραδεισος] +ροων U+05D0c.a A* (ras ρ. A?) 14 καλαμον U+05D0* (-μος U+05D0c.a) | κιναμμωμον U+05D0* (κινναμωμος U+05D0c.a) | Λιβανου] Λαβανου U+05D0*ᵛⁱᵈ | ζμυρνα U+05D0 | αλωθ] αλοη U+05D0 pr και U+05D0c.a | πρωτων] των A* (πρωτ. Aᵃ) 15 κηπου] κηπων U+05D0A | om και 1⁰ U+05D0A 16 εξεγερθητι] pr η νυμφη Aᵃ?ᵐᵍ | om και 2⁰ A V 1 καταβητω] pr η νυμφη αιτειται τον πρα ινα| καταβη ο νυμφιος αυτου U+05D0 | αυτου 1⁰] μου A | εισηλθον] pr ο νυμφιος προς την νυμφην U+05D0 pr ο νυμφιος A | κηπον 2⁰] + μου U+05D0c.aA | σμυρναν] σταφυλην U+05D0 | φαγετε] pr τοις πλησιον ο νυμφιος U+05D0 | πλησιοι] οι πλησιον μου U+05D0c.a οι πλησιον A

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4. U+05D0A

4. 2 φωνη] pr η νυμφη εσθετε τον νυμφιον| κρουοντα επι την θυραν U+05D0 | ανοιξον] ⁴ η νυμφη ταδε U+05D0* (unc incl et pr ο νυμφιος U+05D0¹) | οι βοστρυχοι (βοστριχοι U+05D0)] a οι U+05D0* (hab οι U+05D0c.a) | ψεχαδων U+05D0 3 εξεδυσαμην] pr η νυμφη ταδε U+05D0 pr νυμφη A 5 ανοιξοι εγω U+05D0 | χειρες] pr αι A? ᵐᵍ | επι χ. τ. κλ. c seqq niung BU+05D0 6 παρηλθεν] ε ex θ corr U+05D0? | ψυχη] pr η A | εξηλθεν] ηλθεν U+05D0 | ουχ υπηκουσεν] ουκ επηκουσεν A 7 om μου U+05D0 8 αδελφιδον] ελφον U+05D0* (-φιδον U+05D0c.a) | τι απαγγειλητε] απαγγειλατε U+05D0 | τετρωμενη αγαπης] απης τετρωμενης U+05D0* (-νη U+05D0c.a) | εγω] ειμι Ba et(sup ras) b pr ειμι U+05D0A 9 τι ] pr αι θυγατερες Ιηλμʼ και οι φυ|λακες πυν των τιχεων| πυνθανονται της μφης U+05D0 | σου 1⁰] μου U+05D0* (σου U+05D0c.a) | αδελφιδου 1⁰] + μου U+05D0* (om μου U+05D0c.a) αδελφιδος] pr η νυμφη σημαινι τον α|δελφιδον οποιος εστιν U+05D0

6. B

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