Quam pulchra es, amica mea! quam pulchra es!

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א הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי

Language: Hebrew (עברית)

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א   הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי,
 הִנָּךְ יָפָה -- עֵינַיִךְ יוֹנִים,
 מִבַּעַד לְצַמָּתֵךְ;
 שַׂעְרֵךְ כְּעֵדֶר הָעִזִּים, שֶׁגָּלְשׁוּ מֵהַר גִּלְעָד.
ב   שִׁנַּיִךְ כְּעֵדֶר הַקְּצוּבוֹת, שֶׁעָלוּ מִן-הָרַחְצָה:
  שֶׁכֻּלָּם, מַתְאִימוֹת, וְשַׁכֻּלָה, אֵין בָּהֶם.
ג   כְּחוּט הַשָּׁנִי שִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְ, וּמִדְבָּרֵךְ נָאוֶה;
 כְּפֶלַח הָרִמּוֹן רַקָּתֵךְ, מִבַּעַד לְצַמָּתֵךְ.
ד   כְּמִגְדַּל דָּוִיד צַוָּארֵךְ, בָּנוּי לְתַלְפִּיּוֹת;
 אֶלֶף הַמָּגֵן תָּלוּי עָלָיו, כֹּל שִׁלְטֵי הַגִּבֹּרִים.
ה   שְׁנֵי שָׁדַיִךְ כִּשְׁנֵי עֳפָרִים, תְּאוֹמֵי צְבִיָּה, הָרוֹעִים, בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים.
ו   עַד שֶׁיָּפוּחַ הַיּוֹם, וְנָסוּ הַצְּלָלִים --
 אֵלֶךְ לִי אֶל-הַר הַמּוֹר, וְאֶל-גִּבְעַת הַלְּבוֹנָה.
ז   כֻּלָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי, וּמוּם אֵין בָּךְ.
ח   אִתִּי מִלְּבָנוֹן כַּלָּה, אִתִּי מִלְּבָנוֹן תָּבוֹאִי;
 תָּשׁוּרִי מֵרֹאשׁ אֲמָנָה, מֵרֹאשׁ שְׂנִיר וְחֶרְמוֹן,
 מִמְּעֹנוֹת אֲרָיוֹת, מֵהַרְרֵי נְמֵרִים.
ט   לִבַּבְתִּנִי, אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה;
 לִבַּבְתִּנִי באחד בְּאַחַת מֵעֵינַיִךְ,
 בְּאַחַד עֲנָק מִצַּוְּרֹנָיִךְ.
י   מַה-יָּפוּ דֹדַיִךְ, אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה;
 מַה-טֹּבוּ דֹדַיִךְ מִיַּיִן, וְרֵיחַ שְׁמָנַיִךְ מִכָּל-בְּשָׂמִים.
יא  נֹפֶת תִּטֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְ,
 כַּלָּה; דְּבַשׁ וְחָלָב תַּחַת לְשׁוֹנֵךְ,
 וְרֵיחַ שַׂלְמֹתַיִךְ כְּרֵיחַ לְבָנוֹן.
יב  גַּן נָעוּל, אֲחֹתִי כַלָּה; גַּל נָעוּל, מַעְיָן חָתוּם.
יג  שְׁלָחַיִךְ פַּרְדֵּס רִמּוֹנִים,
 עִם פְּרִי מְגָדִים:  כְּפָרִים, עִם-נְרָדִים.
יד  נֵרְדְּ וְכַרְכֹּם, קָנֶה וְקִנָּמוֹן, עִם, כָּל-עֲצֵי לְבוֹנָה; מֹר,
 וַאֲהָלוֹת, עִם, כָּל-רָאשֵׁי בְשָׂמִים.
טו  מַעְיַן גַּנִּים, בְּאֵר מַיִם חַיִּים; וְנֹזְלִים, מִן-לְבָנוֹן.
טז  עוּרִי צָפוֹן וּבוֹאִי תֵימָן, הָפִיחִי גַנִּי יִזְּלוּ בְשָׂמָיו;
 יָבֹא דוֹדִי לְגַנּוֹ, וְיֹאכַל פְּרִי מְגָדָיו.

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (Shir Hashirim), no. 4 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 4 ; composed by Howard Skempton.
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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Joseph Charles Mardrus (1868 - 1949) , appears in Le Cantique des Cantiques, bréviaire de l'amour, Paris, Éd. Eugène Fasquelle, first published 1925 ; composed by Marguerite Canal.
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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur.
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Also set in Latin, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 4 ; composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
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Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Maurice Duruflé.
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Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Dorothée Hahne, Heinrich Isaac, John Plummer, Nikolaus Schapfl.
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Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Anton Bruckner.
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LAT Latin (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 4

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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-26
Line count: 33
Word count: 185

Quam pulchra es, amica mea! quam pulchra...

Language: Latin after the Hebrew (עברית)

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1  Quam pulchra es, amica mea! quam pulchra es!
   Oculi tui columbarum,
   absque eo quod intrinsecus latet.
   Capilli tui sicut greges caprarum
   quæ ascenderunt de monte Galaad.
2  Dentes tui sicut greges tonsarum
   quæ ascenderunt de lavacro;
   omnes gemellis fœtibus,
   et sterilis non est inter eas.
3  Sicut vitta coccinea labia tua,
   et eloquium tuum dulce.
   Sicut fragmen mali punici, ita genæ tuæ,
   absque eo quod intrinsecus latet.
4  Sicut turris David collum tuum,
   quæ ædificata est cum propugnaculis;
   mille clypei pendant ex ea,
   omnis armatura fortium.
5  Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli,
   capreæ gemelli, qui pascuntur in liliis.
6  Donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbræ,
   vadam ad montem myrrhæ, et ad collem thuris.
7  Tota pulchra es, amica mea,
   et macula non est in te.
8  Veni de Libano, sponsa mea:
   veni de Libano, veni, coronaberis:
   de capite Amana, de vertice Sanir et Hermon,
   de cubilibus leonum, de montibus pardorum.
9  Vulnerasti cor meum, soror mea, sponsa;
   vulnerasti cor meum in uno oculorum tuorum,
   et in uno crine colli tui.
10 Quam pulchræ sunt mammæ tuæ, soror mea sponsa!
   pulchriora sunt ubera tua vino,
   et odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata.
11 Favus distillans labia tua, sponsa;
   mel et lac sub lingua tua:
   et odor vestimentorum tuorum sicut odor thuris.
12 Hortus conclusus soror mea, sponsa,
   hortus conclusus, fons signatus.
13 Emissiones tuæ paradisus malorum punicorum,
   cum pomorum fructibus, cypri cum nardo.
14 Nardus et crocus, fistula et cinnamomum,
   cum universis lignis Libani;
   myrrha et aloë, cum omnibus primis unguentis.
15 Fons hortorum, puteus aquarum viventium,
   quæ fluunt impetu de Libano.
16 Surge, aquilo, et veni, auster:
   perfla hortum meum, et fluant aromata illius.

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