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Deuthum i’m gardd, fy chwaer, a’m dyweddi: cesglais fy myrr gyda’m perarogl, bwyteais fy nil gyda’m mêl, yfais fy ngwin gyda’m llaeth: bwytewch, gyfeillion, yfwch, ie, yfwch yn helaeth, fy rhai annwyl.

Myfi sydd yn cysgu, a’m calon yn neffro: llais fy anwylyd yw yn curo, gan ddywedyd, Fy chwaer, fy anwylyd, fy ngholomen, fy nihalog, agor i mi: canys llanwyd fy mhen â gwlith, a’m gwallt â defnynnau y nos. Diosgais fy mhais; pa fodd y gwisgaf hi? golchais fy nhraed; pa fodd y diwynaf hwynt? Fy anwylyd a estynnodd ei law trwy y twll; a’m hymysgaroedd a gyffrôdd er ei fwyn. Mi a gyfodais i agori i’m hanwylyd; a’m dwylo a ddiferasant gan fyrr, a’m bysedd gan fyrr yn diferu ar hyd hesbennau y clo. Agorais i’m hanwylyd; ond fy anwylyd a giliasai, ac a aethai ymaith: fy enaid a lewygodd pan lefarodd: ceisiais, ac nis cefais; gelwais ef, ond ni’m hatebodd. Y gwylwyr y rhai a aent o amgylch y ddinas, a’m cawsant, a’m trawsant, a’m harchollasant: gwylwyr y caerau a ddygasant fy ngorchudd oddi arnaf. Merched Jerwsalem, gorchmynnaf i chwi, os cewch fy anwylyd, fynegi iddo fy mod yn glaf o gariad.

Beth yw dy anwylyd rhagor anwylyd arall, y decaf o’r gwragedd? beth yw dy anwylyd rhagor anwylyd arall, pan orchmynni i ni felly? 10 Fy anwylyd sydd wyn a gwridog, yn rhagori ar ddengmil. 11 Ei ben fel aur coeth, ei wallt yn grych, yn ddu fel y frân. 12 Ei lygaid fel llygaid colomennod wrth afonydd dyfroedd, wedi eu golchi â llaeth, wedi eu gosod yn gymwys. 13 Ei ruddiau fel gwely perlysiau, fel blodau peraidd: ei wefusau fel lili yn diferu myrr diferol. 14 Ei ddwylo sydd fel modrwyau aur, wedi eu llenwi o beryl: ei fol fel disglair ifori wedi ei wisgo â saffir. 15 Ei goesau fel colofnau marmor wedi eu gosod ar wadnau o aur coeth: ei wynepryd fel Libanus, mor ddewisol â chedrwydd. 16 Melys odiaeth yw ei enau; ie, y mae efe oll yn hawddgar. Dyma fy anwylyd, dyma fy nghyfaill, O ferched Jerwsalem.

He

I have come into my garden,(A) my sister, my bride;(B)
    I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
    I have drunk my wine and my milk.(C)

Friends

Eat, friends, and drink;
    drink your fill of love.

She

I slept but my heart was awake.
    Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
    my dove,(D) my flawless(E) one.(F)
My head is drenched with dew,
    my hair with the dampness of the night.”
I have taken off my robe—
    must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
    must I soil them again?
My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
    my heart began to pound for him.
I arose to open for my beloved,
    and my hands dripped with myrrh,(G)
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
    on the handles of the bolt.
I opened for my beloved,(H)
    but my beloved had left; he was gone.(I)
    My heart sank at his departure.[a]
I looked(J) for him but did not find him.
    I called him but he did not answer.
The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.(K)
They beat me, they bruised me;
    they took away my cloak,
    those watchmen of the walls!
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(L)
    if you find my beloved,(M)
what will you tell him?
    Tell him I am faint with love.(N)

Friends

How is your beloved better than others,
    most beautiful of women?(O)
How is your beloved better than others,
    that you so charge us?

She

10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.(P)
11 His head is purest gold;
    his hair is wavy
    and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves(Q)
    by the water streams,
washed in milk,(R)
    mounted like jewels.
13 His cheeks(S) are like beds of spice(T)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies(U)
    dripping with myrrh.(V)
14 His arms are rods of gold
    set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
    decorated with lapis lazuli.(W)
15 His legs are pillars of marble
    set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,(X)
    choice as its cedars.
16 His mouth(Y) is sweetness itself;
    he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,(Z) this is my friend,
    daughters of Jerusalem.(AA)

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke