complete verse (Song of Solomon 3:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Song of Solomon 3:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “But when I had left those people,
    I suddenly met with the one my stomach loves!
    I quickly took his hand and I went with him to the house of my mother,
    to the bedroom where she gave birth to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “As soon as I passed them
    I met my lover.
    I held him and would not let him go
    till I had brought him to my mother’s house,
    to the room of the one who gave me birth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Not long-after I left the guards, I saw/found my beloved/darling. I hugged/embraced him hard/tightly, and I did- not -let- him -go until I brought him to the house of my mother, there in the room where I was-born.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “As soon as I walked past them,
    I found the one whom I love.
    I clung to him and would not let him go
    until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
    to the room where my mother had conceived me (OR, where I was born).” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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