Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Song of Solomon 1:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Tell me, oh, my beloved,
Where are you going to graze your sheep?
Under which shade will they go and rest when the midday sun is burning?
Why should I go round and look for you?
Or do you really want for me to go round and ask your friends?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Tell me, dear,
where do you let your flock graze?
Where do you let them rest at noon?
Why do I need to be like a veiled woman
near the flocks of your friends?” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Tell me, my beloved, where will- you (sing.) -graze your (sing.) sheep? Where will- you (sing.) -have-them-rest at noon? Tell me so-that I do- not -search-for/look-for you (sing.) there among your (sing.) friends who are- also -grazing sheep. For maybe they will-mistake me (to be) a woman who sells her body.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You whom I love, where will you take your flock of sheep today?
Where will you allow them to rest at noontime?
I want to know because it is not right for me to wander around like a prostitute
looking for you among the flocks that belong to your friends.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
