The Hebrew in Song of Songs 1:3 that is translated as “(perfume) poured out” in English is translated in Elhomwe idiomatically as “(perfume) sprinkled.” (Source: project-specific translation notes in Paratext)
In the Swedish Bibel 2000 it is translated as Turak-balsam är ditt namn or “Turaq balm is your name.” Bertil Albrektson (in The Bible Translator 1996, p. 109ff.) explains: “Fox in his excellent study of Egyptian love songs and the Song of Songs is inclined to accept this solution: he translates ‘Oil of Turaq’ and explains it as ‘apparently a type of oil, perhaps named after a place.’ But even if one should arrive at this decision (which we have done, though not without hesitation), it remains to be determined whether the literal translation ‘Turak-balsam’ is sufficiently exotic and suggestive for an ordinary Swedish reader, or whether we should attempt to express the supposed connotations of the Hebrew term by writing something like den finaste balsam (‘finest ointment’).” (See also Translation commentary on Song of Songs 1:3)
