Song of Songs 7 #catechesis/bible/song-of-songs
[!abstract] A further description of the graces of the Church the spouse of Christ.
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GR ἐπίστρεφε ἐπίστρεφε ἡ Σουλαμῖτις ἐπίστρεφε ἐπίστρεφε καὶ ὀψόμεθα ἐν σοί τί ὄψεσθε ἐν τῇ Σουλαμίτιδι ἡ ἐρχομένη ὡς χοροὶ τῶν παρεμβολῶν
LA Chorus. Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis! revertere, revertere ut intueamur te.
EN Return, return, O Sulamitess: return, return that we may behold you.
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[!note]- How beautiful are thy steps, etc…
By these metaphors are signified the power and mission of the church in propagating the true faith. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
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GR τί ὡραιώθησαν διαβήματά σου ἐν ὑποδήμασιν θύγατερ Ναδαβ ῥυθμοὶ μηρῶν σου ὅμοιοι ὁρμίσκοις ἔργῳ χειρῶν τεχνίτου
LA Sponsa. Quid videbis in Sulamite, nisi choros castrorum? Chorus. Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui in calceamentis, filia principis! Juncturæ femorum tuorum sicut monilia quæ fabricata sunt manu artificis.
EN What shall you see in the Sulamitess but the companies of camps? How beautiful are your steps in shoes, O prince’s daughter! The joints of your thighs are like jewels, that are made by the hand of a skilful workman.
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GR ὀμφαλός σου κρατὴρ τορευτὸς μὴ ὑστερούμενος κρᾶμα κοιλία σου θιμωνιὰ σίτου πεφραγμένη ἐν κρίνοις
LA Umbilicus tuus crater tornatilis, numquam indigens poculis. Venter tuus sicut acervus tritici vallatus liliis.
EN Your navel is like a round bowl never wanting cups. Your belly is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.
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GR δύο μαστοί σου ὡς δύο νεβροὶ δίδυμοι δορκάδος
LA Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli, gemelli capreæ.
EN Your two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
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GR τράχηλός σου ὡς πύργος ἐλεφάντινος ὀφθαλμοί σου ὡς λίμναι ἐν Εσεβων ἐν πύλαις θυγατρὸς πολλῶν μυκτήρ σου ὡς πύργος τοῦ Λιβάνου σκοπεύων πρόσωπον Δαμασκοῦ
LA Collum tuum sicut turris eburnea; oculi tui sicut piscinæ in Hesebon quæ sunt in porta filiæ multitudinis. Nasus tuus sicut turris Libani, quæ respicit contra Damascum.
EN Your neck as a tower of ivory. Your eyes like the fishpools in Hesebon, which are in the gate of the daughter of the multitude. Your nose is as the tower of Libanus, that looks toward Damascus.
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GR κεφαλή σου ἐπὶ σὲ ὡς Κάρμηλος καὶ πλόκιον κεφαλῆς σου ὡς πορφύρα βασιλεὺς δεδεμένος ἐν παραδρομαῖς
LA Caput tuum ut Carmelus; et comæ capitis tui sicut purpura regis vincta canalibus.
EN Your head is like Carmel: and the hairs of your head as the purple of the king bound in the channels.
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GR τί ὡραιώθης καὶ τί ἡδύνθης ἀγάπη ἐν τρυφαῖς σου
LA Sponsus. Quam pulchra es, et quam decora, carissima, in deliciis!
EN How beautiful are you, and how comely, my dearest, in delights!
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GR τοῦτο μέγεθός σου ὡμοιώθη τῷ φοίνικι καὶ οἱ μαστοί σου τοῖς βότρυσιν
LA Statura tua assimilata est palmæ, et ubera tua botris.
EN Your stature is like to a palm tree, and your breasts to clusters of grapes.
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GR εἶπα ἀναβήσομαι ἐν τῷ φοίνικι κρατήσω τῶν ὕψεων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσονται δὴ μαστοί σου ὡς βότρυες τῆς ἀμπέλου καὶ ὀσμὴ ῥινός σου ὡς μῆλα
LA Dixi: Ascendam in palmam, et apprehendam fructus ejus; et erunt ubera tua sicut botri vineæ, et odor oris tui sicut malorum.
EN I said: I will go up into the palm tree, and will take hold of the fruit thereof: and your breasts shall be as the clusters of the vine: and the odour of your mouth like apples.
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GR καὶ λάρυγξ σου ὡς οἶνος ὁ ἀγαθὸς πορευόμενος τῷ ἀδελφιδῷ μου εἰς εὐθύθητα ἱκανούμενος χείλεσίν μου καὶ ὀδοῦσιν
LA Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum, dignum dilecto meo ad potandum, labiisque et dentibus illius ad ruminandum.
EN Your throat like the best wine, worthy for my beloved to drink, and for his lips and his teeth to ruminate.
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GR ἐγὼ τῷ ἀδελφιδῷ μου καὶ ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἡ ἐπιστροφὴ αὐτοῦ
LA Sponsa. Ego dilecto meo, et ad me conversio ejus.
EN I to my beloved, and his turning is towards me.
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GR ἐλθέ ἀδελφιδέ μου ἐξέλθωμεν εἰς ἀγρόν αὐλισθῶμεν ἐν κώμαις
LA Veni, dilecte mi, egrediamur in agrum, commoremur in villis.
EN Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field, let us abide in the villages.
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GR ὀρθρίσωμεν εἰς ἀμπελῶνας ἴδωμεν εἰ ἤνθησεν ἡ ἄμπελος ἤνθησεν ὁ κυπρισμός ἤνθησαν αἱ ῥόαι ἐκεῖ δώσω τοὺς μαστούς μου σοί
LA Mane surgamus ad vineas: videamus si floruit vinea, si flores fructus parturiunt, si floruerunt mala punica; ibi dabo tibi ubera mea.
EN Let us get up early to the vineyards, let us see if the vineyard flourish, if the flowers be ready to bring forth fruits, if the pomegranates flourish: there will I give you my breasts.
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GR οἱ μανδραγόραι ἔδωκαν ὀσμήν καὶ ἐπὶ θύραις ἡμῶν πάντα ἀκρόδρυα νέα πρὸς παλαιά ἀδελφιδέ μου ἐτήρησά σοι
LA Mandragoræ dederunt odorem in portis nostris omnia poma: nova et vetera, dilecte mi, servavi tibi.
EN The mandrakes give a smell. In our gates are all fruits: the new and the old, my beloved, I have kept for you.
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[!note]- Thy head is like Carmel…
Christ, the invisible head of his church, is here signified. Commentary on the Old Testament (1752)
