Translations
Modern
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
Traditional
The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
Literal
The voice of my beloved! Behold, this one is coming, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
Latin
Vox dilecti mei; ecce iste venit, saliens in montibus, transiliens colles.
Original
Hebrew
English
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
Notes
The man eagerly wants to be with the woman. He finally reaches his lover's home and takes her to the romantic countryside during the fresh spring.
The woman compares the man to a gazelle, a fast and graceful animal that easily overcomes obstacles to reach its goal.
In this poem, the woman looks forward to her lover's arrival. She describes winter ending and spring beginning, a time of floral scents and new starts. She and her lover are in their country garden, a place of closeness, though there is a hint of danger even here (Song of Solomon 2:15).
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