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Megillot

Song of Songs

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים

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דּוֹדִי צַח וְאָדוֹם דָּגוּל מֵרְבָבָה׃ רֹאשׁוֹ כֶּתֶם פָּז קְוֻצּוֹתָיו תַּלְתַּלִּים
שְׁחֹרוֹת כָּעוֹרֵב׃ עֵינָיו כְּיוֹנִים עַל־אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם רֹחֲצוֹת בֶּחָלָב יֹשְׁבוֹת
עַל־מִלֵּאת׃ לְחָיָו כַּעֲרוּגַת הַבֹּשֶׂם מִגְדְּלוֹת מֶרְקָחִים שִׂפְתוֹתָיו
שׁוֹשַׁנִּים נֹטְפוֹת מוֹר עֹבֵר׃ יָדָיו גְּלִילֵי זָהָב מְמֻלָּאִים בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁ מֵעָיו
עֶשֶׁת שֵׁן מְעֻלֶּפֶת סַפִּירִים׃ שׁוֹקָיו עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ מְיֻסָּדִים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָז
מַרְאֵהוּ כַּלְּבָנוֹן בָּחוּר כָּאֲרָזִים׃ חִכּוֹ מַמְתַקִּים וְכֻלּוֹ מַחֲמַדִּים זֶה דּוֹדִי
וְזֶה רֵעִי בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָ‍ִם׃ אָנָה הָלַךְ דּוֹדֵךְ הַיָּפָה בַּנָּשִׁים אָנָה פָּנָה
דוֹדֵךְ וּנְבַקְשֶׁנּוּ עִמָּךְ׃ דּוֹדִי יָרַד לְגַנּוֹ לַעֲרוּגוֹת הַבֹּשֶׂם לִרְעוֹת בַּגַּנִּים
וְלִלְקֹט שׁוֹשַׁנִּים׃ אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי לִי הָרֹעֶה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים׃
יָפָה אַתְּ רַעְיָתִי כְּתִרְצָה נָאוָה כִּירוּשָׁלָ‍ִם אֲיֻמָּה כַּנִּדְגָּלוֹת׃ הָסֵבִּי
עֵינַיִךְ מִנֶּגְדִּי שֶׁהֵם הִרְהִיבֻנִי שַׂעְרֵךְ כְּעֵדֶר הָעִזִּים שֶׁגָּלְשׁוּ מִן־הַגִּלְעָד׃
שִׁנַּיִךְ כְּעֵדֶר הָרְחֵלִים שֶׁעָלוּ מִן־הָרַחְצָה שֶׁכֻּלָּם מַתְאִימוֹת וְשַׁכֻּלָה
אֵין בָּהֶם׃ כְּפֶלַח הָרִמּוֹן רַקָּתֵךְ מִבַּעַד לְצַמָּתֵךְ׃ שִׁשִּׁים הֵמָּה מְלָכוֹת
וּשְׁמֹנִים פִּילַגְשִׁים וַעֲלָמוֹת אֵין מִסְפָּר׃ אַחַת הִיא יוֹנָתִי תַמָּתִי
אַחַת הִיא לְאִמָּהּ בָּרָה הִיא לְיוֹלַדְתָּהּ רָאוּהָ בָנוֹת וַיְאַשְּׁרוּהָ מְלָכוֹת
וּפִילַגְשִׁים וַיְהַלְלוּהָ׃ מִי־זֹאת הַנִּשְׁקָפָה כְּמוֹ־שָׁחַר יָפָה
כַלְּבָנָה בָּרָה כַּחַמָּה אֲיֻמָּה כַּנִּדְגָּלוֹת׃ אֶל־גִּנַּת אֱגוֹז יָרַדְתִּי לִרְאוֹת
בְּאִבֵּי הַנָּחַל לִרְאוֹת הֲפָרְחָה הַגֶּפֶן הֵנֵצוּ הָרִמֹּנִים׃ לֹא יָדַעְתִּי נַפְשִׁי
שָׂמַתְנִי מַרְכְּבוֹת עַמִּי נָדִיב׃ שׁוּבִי שׁוּבִי הַשּׁוּלַמִּית שׁוּבִי שׁוּבִי
וְנֶחֱזֶה־בָּךְ מַה־תֶּחֱזוּ בַּשּׁוּלַמִּית כִּמְחֹלַת הַמַּחֲנָיִם׃ מַה־יָּפוּ פְעָמַיִךְ
בַּנְּעָלִים בַּת־נָדִיב חַמּוּקֵי יְרֵכַיִךְ כְּמוֹ חֲלָאִים מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָמָּן׃ שָׁרְרֵךְ
אַגַּן הַסַּהַר אַל־יֶחְסַר הַמָּזֶג בִּטְנֵךְ עֲרֵמַת חִטִּים סוּגָה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים׃
שְׁנֵי שָׁדַיִךְ כִּשְׁנֵי עֳפָרִים תָּאֳמֵי צְבִיָּה׃ צַוָּארֵךְ כְּמִגְדַּל הַשֵּׁן עֵינַיִךְ
בְּרֵכוֹת בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן עַל־שַׁעַר בַּת־רַבִּים אַפֵּךְ כְּמִגְדַּל הַלְּבָנוֹן צוֹפֶה
פְּנֵי דַמָּשֶׂק׃ רֹאשֵׁךְ עָלַיִךְ כַּכַּרְמֶל וְדַלַּת רֹאשֵׁךְ כָּאַרְגָּמָן מֶלֶךְ אָסוּר
בָּרְהָטִים׃ מַה־יָּפִית וּמַה־נָּעַמְתְּ אַהֲבָה בַּתַּעֲנוּגִים׃ זֹאת קוֹמָתֵךְ
Sephardi
dodi tzach ve'adom dogul merovavah: rosho ketem paz kevutzotav taltalim
shechorot ka'orev: einav keyonim al-afikei mayim rochatzot bechalav yoshvot
al-mileit: lechayav ka'arugat habosem migdalot merkachim siftotav
shoshanim notfot mor over: yadav gelilei zahav memula'im batarshish me'av
eshet shen me'ulefet sapirim: shokav amudei shesh meyusadim al-adnei-paz
mar'eihu kallevanon bachur ka'arazim: chiko mamtakim vechulo machamadim zeh dodi
vezeh re'i benot yerushalayim: anah halahh dodech hayafah banashim anah panah
dodech unvakshenu imach: dodi yarad legano la'arugot habosem lir'ot baganim
velilkot shoshanim: ani ledodi vedodi li haro'eh bashoshanim:
yafah at ra'yati ketirtzah na'vah kiyerushalayim ayumah kannidgalot: hasebi
einayich minegdi shehem hirhivuni sa'arech ke'eder ha'izim shegalshu min-hagil'ad:
shinayich ke'eder harachelim she'alu min-harachatzah shekulam mat'imot veshakulah
ein bahem: kefelach harimon rakatech miba'ad letzamatech: shishim hemah melachot
ushmonim pilagshim va'alamot ein mispar: achat hi yonati tamati
achat hi le'imah barah hi leyoladetah ra'uhah banot vaye'asheruhah melachot
ufilagshim vayehaleluhah: mi-zot hanishkafah kemo-shachar yafah
challevanah barah kachamah ayumah kannidgalot: el-ginat egoz yaradti lir'ot
be'ibei hanachal lir'ot hafarchehah hagefen henetzu harimonim: lo yadati nafshi
samatni markevot ami nadiv: shuvi shuvi hashulammit shuvi shuvi
venechzeh-bach mah-techezu bashulammit kimcholat hamachanayim: mah-yafu fe'amayich
bane'alim bat-nadiv chamukei yerechayich kemo chala'im ma'aseh yedei oman: sharerech
agan hasahar al-yechsar hamazeg bitnech aremat chitim sugah bashoshanim:
shenei shadayich kishnei ofarim to'omei tzviyah: tzavarech kemigdal hashen einayich
berechot becheshbon al-sha'ar bat-rabim apech kemigdal halevanon tzofeh
penei damasek: roshech alayich kacarmel vedalat roshech ka'argaman melech asur
barehatim: mah-yafit umah-na'amt ahavah bata'anugim: zot komatech
English
[She] He is bright, my beloved, he is blooming; you would know him among ten thousand. His face glows like gold, fine gold, his hair in locks like palm-flowers, raven black. Yet his eyes are like doves, drinking at springs, washed in milk, at rest by the well. His cheeks are like beds of balsam, where perfume herbs are grown. His lips smell like lilies, flowing with myrrh oil. His arms are like golden bars, set with beryl stones. His stomach is hewn like solid ivory, inlaid with lapis lazuli. His legs stand firm as marble pillars, fixed on gold foundations. Seeing him is like looking at Lebanon, and he is as choice as its cedars. His mouth is filled with sweetness, for all of him, my longing. This is my beloved, this is my love, daughters of Jerusalem. [Friends] Where has your beloved gone, most beautiful of women? Where has your beloved turned? We shall search for him with you. [She] My beloved has gone to his garden, down to the beds of balsam; to pasture in the gardens, to gather in lilies. I am my beloved's – my beloved is my own, who pastures among the lilies. [He] My love, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, terrifying as the flagged armies. Turn your eyes from me, for they have overwhelmed me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead. Your teeth are like a flock of ewes rising up from cleaning; each bears twins, two and two, not one among them lost. Your forehead, like a pomegranate, glows through your tresses. Queens there are sixty; eighty concubines, and maids there are without number. But my dove, my perfection, is one; one, unique to her mother – the shining one she bore. Look at her, you girls, acknowledge she is blessed; look, queens and concubines – and praise her." [Friends] Who is this, gazing out like morning, beautiful as the moon, shining like the sun, terrifying as the flagged armies? [He] I went down to the nut-garden, to see the plants of the stream; to see whether the vines were in flower, and if the pomegranate buds had burst. [She] I did not know myself – I found myself – amid the chariots of my princely people. [Friends] Turn, turn back, Shulamite girl; turn back, turn, let us see you. [He] Why do you gaze at the Shulamite girl as if she were a Mahanaim dancer? How lovely are your steps in sandals, prince's daughter, the turn of your thighs like jewelry, work of the artist's hands; your navel a circular bowl – may it never lack wine; your waist curved like baled wheat, bounded round with lilies. Your two breasts are like young twins of a she-gazelle; your neck an ivory tower, your eyes like pools in Heshbon, like pools by the Bat Rabbim Gate; your nose like the Tower of Lebanon gazing out to Damascus. Your head rises from you like the Carmel, its curls shine like purple silk – a king is tangled up in its tresses. How beautiful you are, how good; my love, in all its joys. Your bearing is like a date