Senjecas - Chapter 1

Pronunciation table

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1:1. salómonűs gaaȝőm ga̋a̋ȝo - The Song of Songs that (is) of Solomon

ivrĕȝe̋kam úúda tarne̋xaþo

Translated from the Hebrew

tı̋r nakaþős éna le̋ida - A Play in Three Scenes

• leida̋s hőmus - Dramatis Personae
  • iiukűru - the Bride
  • urukűru - the Bridegroom
  • ne̋nþus - her Handmaidens
  • sálomőnu re̋e̋ƣu – King Solomon

na̋kaþo p: iiukurűs paaþős éna - Scene i. In the Bride's Garden

• [iiukűru ðansedős éva se̋da: nu-ne̋nþus me̋iþo daarőmĕ móóda pe̋uda:]

[The Bride is seated on a bench. Her Handmaidens are occupied with various tasks.]

• iiu: [zíxvi] ² nu-oosős kusőm móóda mum kuse̋ȝa. hi tu-m̃e̋nu m̃einő' sóma mŭmőőȝa (e̋sa)ⁿ²:

Br: [dreamily] That he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love-making (is) better than wine.

• ³ tu-ma̋żos odős túȝa la̋ra: tu-fe̋e̋to naaðpiitı̋s ma̋żo e̋sa. nááru ii-be̋kus tum m̃e̋na:

As regards scent your ointments (are) good, your name is oil of myrrhⁿ¹, therefore young women love you.

• ⁴ [vúrvi] tum pósa mum da̋be:

[excitedly] Draw me after you!

• nen: m̃ús bőne:

Ha: let us run!

• iiu: re̋e̋ƣu nu-te̋ron éna mum nĭne̋xa:

Br: The king has brought me into his chambers.

• nen: m̃us tú' súna főgak̬e gı̋ı̋lak̬e: tu-m̃e̋nu m̃einő' sóma gáámu m̃a̋ge: nus m̃éérvi tum m̃e̋na:

Ha: With you we rejoice and exult. Let us extol your love-making more than wine. Rightly they love you!

• iiu: ⁵ mu. úrusálima̋s zidűs. kedara̋s voutőm sóma. salómonűs muudőm sóma. kőnak̬e gőbak̬e:

Br: I (am) black and (am) beautiful, daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

• ⁶ kőnu mum. sűűlem mum ża̋bu na̋ke ne: mu-maama̋s sűnus mús þóósa e-ge̋ga: mestoopőm te̋slum mum e-va̋ga: mu-mestőőpom. mušééðom. tĭte̋sa ne:

Do not see I (am) black, (that) the sun has looked upon me. My mother's sons were angry with me. They made me the keeper of the vineyards. My vineyard, mine, I have not kept.

• [zíxvi] ⁷ ȝa mu-ṡ̨űűe m̃e̋na—tú vái tu pa̋a̋ta. vái tu naaża̋s de̋e̋a. mum o te̋e̋e. meetáádi mu tu-sunűm e̋m̃ton ȝúṡa ȝűtantu de̋e̋saþu ile̋ȝa:

[dreamily] Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you feed , where you give rest at noon, lest I should be as one wandering among the flocks of your companions.

• nen: ⁸ ébi tu saare̋ȝa mee. o ǧenűm ȝúṡa gygobű. e̋m̃tom sa̋a̋ge: óm̃taðlűm voutőm kóma tu-ƣema̋ren pa̋a̋te:

Ha: If you do not know, the beautiful among the women, go your way on the trail of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds' tents.

• uru: [leiðbod̨ős áfa] ⁹ mu paráonűs ápa caþreiðős ȝúṡa mu-gibe̋s túȝa. mu-vilű. tum sŭsőma:

Gr: [offstage] I have compared you, my friend, to my mare among the chariots from Pharaoh.

• ¹⁰ laavn̨e̋maþo tu-ṡűxos. n̨e̋maþo tu-kűżo. gőba:

Beautiful are your cheeks in pendants, your neck in jewels.

• nen: ¹¹ m̃us tús éra sáran̨őno laavn̨e̋monk̬e kur̨őno bőtonk̬e u-va̋a̋na:

Ha: We will make pendants of gold for you, and dots of silver.

• iiu: ¹² reeƣűs ṡelantűs. mu-naraþdi ődom dőőa:

Br: While the king is in his reclining, my spikenard gives a smell.

• ¹³ mu-m̃e̋naþu mús éra naaðpı̋ı̋ti muűto naaðpı̋ı̋ti e̋sa: mu-meemőm ȝúṡa u-la̋ta:

My beloved (is) a bundle of myrrh to me. He shall pass the night between my breasts.

• ¹⁴ mu-m̃e̋naþu einged̨a̋s mestoopős éna műűto reuðte̋e̋rt̬i mús o e̋sa:

My beloved is to me a cluster of henna in the vineyards of Eingedi.

• [urukűru tı̋ra:]

[The Groom enters.]

• uru: ¹⁵ eenő. mu-vilű. (tu) gőbu (e̋sa): eenő. (tu) gőbu (e̋sa): tu-t̬a̋los kolőmbes (e̋sa):

Gr: Behold, (you are) beautiful, my friend; behold, (you are) beautiful. Your eyes (are) doves!

• iiu: ¹⁶ eenő. (tu). mu-m̃enaþű. gőbu (e̋sa): m̃u-de̋e̋o la̋rok̬e ða̋lok̬e ésa:

Br: Behold, (you are) beautiful, my beloved, our bed is pleasant and green.

• [ur-nu ii-nús kóma ðansedős éva se̋da:]

[He sits beside her on the bench.]

• uru: ¹⁷ m̃u-m̃eesőm ha̋bos a̋nþis. m̃u-þa̋a̋kos k̨ősis ésa:

Gr: The beams of our houses are cedars, our rafters, cypresses.

Notes

• ⁿ¹The word is unknown. This translation is from the Peshitta.
• ⁿ²Words in parentheses are supplied to the Hebrew text.