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)
