Comparison
Song of Songs 1
Douay-Rheims and Vulgata Clementina, verse by verse.
| Douay-Rheims | Vulgata Clementina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let him kiss me with the kiss of his mouth: for thy breasts are better than wine, | Sponsa Osculetur me osculo oris sui; quia meliora sunt ubera tua vino, |
| 2 | Smelling sweet of the best ointments. Thy name is as oil poured out: therefore young maidens have loved thee. | fragrantia unguentis optimis. Oleum effusum nomen tuum; ideo adolescentulae dilexerunt te. |
| 3 | Draw me: we will run after thee to the odour of thy ointments. The king hath brought me into his storerooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, remembering thy breasts more than wine: the righteous love thee. | Chorus Adolescentularum Trahe me, post te curremus in odorem unguentorum tuorum. Introduxit me rex in cellaria sua; exsultabimus et laetabimur in te, memores uberum tuorum super vinum. Recti diligunt te. |
| 4 | I am black but beautiful, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Cedar, as the curtains of Solomon. | Sponsa Nigra sum, sed formosa, filiae Ierusalem, sicut tabernacula Cedar, sicut pelles Salomonis. |
| 5 | Do not consider me that I am brown, because the sun hath altered my colour: the sons of my mother have fought against me, they have made me the keeper in the vineyards: my vineyard I have not kept. | Nolite me considerare quod fusca sim, quia decoloravit me sol. Filii matris meae pugnaverunt contra me; posuerunt me custodem in vineis: vineam meam non custodivi. |
| 6 | Shew me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest in the midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of thy companions. | Indica mihi, quem diligit anima mea, ubi pascas, ubi cubes in meridie, ne vagari incipiam post greges sodalium tuorum. |
| 7 | If thou know not thyself, O fairest among women, go forth, and follow after the steps of the flocks, and feed thy kids beside the tents of the shepherds. | Sponsus Si ignoras te, o pulcherrima inter mulieres, egredere, et abi post vestigia gregum, et pasce haedos tuos iuxta tabernacula pastorum. |
| 8 | To my company of horsemen, in Pharao’s chariots, have I likened thee, O my love. | Equitatui meo in curribus Pharaonis assimilavi te, amica mea. |
| 9 | Thy cheeks are beautiful as the turtledove’s, thy neck as jewels. | Pulchrae sunt genae tuae sicut turturis; collum tuum sicut monilia. |
| 10 | We will make thee chains of gold, inlaid with silver. | Murenulas aureas faciemus tibi, vermiculatas argento. |
| 11 | While the king was at his repose, my spikenard sent forth the odour thereof. | Sponsa Dum esset rex in accubitu suo, nardus mea dedit odorem suum. |
| 12 | A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, he shall abide between my breasts. | Fasciculus myrrhae dilectus meus mihi; inter ubera mea commorabitur. |
| 13 | A cluster of cypress my love is to me, in the vineyards of Engaddi. | Botrus cypri dilectus meus mihi in vineis Engaddi. |
| 14 | Behold thou art fair, O my love, behold thou art fair, thy eyes are as those of doves. | Sponsus Ecce tu pulchra es, amica mea! ecce tu pulchra es! Oculi tui columbarum. |
| 15 | Behold thou art fair, my beloved, and comely. Our bed is flourishing. | Sponsa Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi, et decorus! Lectulus noster floridus. |
| 16 | The beams of our houses are of cedar, our rafters of cypress trees. | Tigna domorum nostrarum cedrina, laquearia nostra cypressina. |
