megalaa/coptic-corpora huggingface dataset:
Coptic: αhα νευαjι νασωου νθη νhενjρεμπsαλ πεμαt. νθη νουhορμισκοσ
English: How are thy cheeks beautiful as those of a dove, thy neck as chains!
Coptic: μπινι ννιννουβ τεννεταμια νε νsωλεh νhεντ
English: We will make thee figures of gold with studs of silver.
Coptic: sαντε πρρα ναjf hιμ πεfjλαj παναρδοσ αft. μπεμστι νουfι
English: So long as the king was at table, my spikenard gave forth its smell.
Coptic: ουsαλ ντεστακτη πε πασαν εfενκατ νμηt ννακιβι
English: My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; he shall lie between my breasts.
Coptic: ουσμεh νκουπιλ πε πασαν νηι hιν νιμε ναλαλι νεγγαδδι
English: My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor in the vineyards of Engaddi.
Coptic: hητε νασωκ πασαν αhα νανουκ hιμ πενακ κιλ hηβι ελαν
English: Behold, thou art fair, my kinsman, yea, beautiful, overshadowing our bed.
Coptic: ννουhεσαι μπενηι hενκεδροσ νε τετουεh ελαν hεννιβ. βρετ νε
English: The beams of our house are cedars, our ceilings are of cypress.
Coptic: ανακ τε τεhληλι νjωsι τεhληι ντε νενjανι
English: I am a flower of the plain, a lily of the valleys.
Coptic: νθη νουhληλι ντμηt ννsανt τειhη τααληου ντμηt. ννsηλε νσhιμι
English: As a lily among thorns, so is my companion among the daughters.
Coptic: νθη hενjιμπεh ντμηt ννινsην μπιsτα τειhη πασαν ντμηt. ννενsηλι hληι hιν τεfhηιβι αιhμασ hαλασ πεfουτεh δε fhαλj hληι hιν ταsουωβι
English: As the apple among the trees of the wood, so is my kinsman among the sons. I desired his shadow, and sat down, and his fruit was sweet in my throat.
Coptic: fιτ εhουν επηι μπηλπταs ουααγαπη νηι
English: Bring me into the wine house; set love before me.
Coptic: ταjραι hληι hιμ πσαjιν hαλj hληι νhενjιμπεh jε tλαjλεj ντεκαγαπη
English: Strengthen me with perfumes, stay me with apples: for I am wounded with love.
Coptic: τεfjαjε ασhαjωι τεfουινεμ νειλ hαμηλ μμαι
English: His left hand shall be under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
Coptic: αιtιλκα τηνου νινsηλι νιεμ hληι hιν νενjαμ αhα hληι hιμ πταjρα ντε sωsι μπιλτουνασ ταγαπη ουδε μπιλπιασ sαντεσουh τωνσ
English: I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye do not rouse or wake my love, until he please.
Coptic: hει τεσμη μπασαν hειπε αffι εffι πηι εjων νινταυ εffωjι ελαf εhληι εjων νενσιβτ
English: The voice of my kinsman! behold, he comes leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
Coptic: αλε πασαν ινι ννουδορκασ ι ουκουι ννειουλ hληι εjων νταυ νβεθηλ hει fhι πεhου ντεfjαι fjωντ εβαλ ννενsουsτ fjωfτ εβαλ ννενsνη
English: My kinsman is like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Baethel: behold, he is behind our wall, looking through the windows, peeping through the lattices.
Coptic: α πασαν αft. hελ ουω πεjεf νηι jε τωνι αμη τααληου τετνανουσ ταjραμπι
English: My kinsman answers, and says to me, Rise up, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove.
Coptic: α τεπλω σεντιν εβαλ α πμου νhωου αfhεt. νεf ναουεf
English: For, behold, the winter is past, the rain is gone, it has departed.
Coptic: νενhληλι ουωνh εβαλ hιμ πκεhι πουαιs νsατjη πενταfhων τεσμη ντεjραμπι αυσατμεσ hληι hιμ πκεhι
English: The flowers are seen in the land; the time of pruning has arrived; the voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land.
Coptic: τβω νκηντη ασt. ουω εβαλ ννεσβηs α μιμβω νναλαλι αυταουα κουπιλ εβαλ αυt. στινουfι εβαλ τωνι αμη τααληου τετνανουσ ταjραμπι
English: The fig-tree has put forth its young figs, the vines put forth the tender grape, they yield a smell: arise, come, my companion, my fair one, my dove; yea, come.
Coptic: αμη ταjραμπι hληι ντνεst ντπετρα hαhτη κουι νσαβετ ματαουαι επεhα μαλλισωτομ ετεσμη jε νανουυσ αhα πεhα νασωf
English: Thou art my dove, in the shelter of the rock, near the wall: shew me thy face, and cause me to hear thy voice; for thy voice is sweet, and thy countenance is beautiful.
Coptic: jωπι νεν ννινκουι μβαsαρ ετεsαυτακα νhενμε νναλαλι αhα μμε ναλαλι σενεt κουπιλ εβαλ
English: Take us the little foxes that spoil the vines: for our vines put forth tender grapes.
Coptic: πασαν νηι αhα ανακ hω νεf πετμανι hληι hιν νεhρηλι
English: My kinsman is mine, and I am his: he feeds his flock among the lilies.
Coptic: sαντε πεhαου νιfι ντε νhηιβι λικι κατεκ πασαν ινι ννουκουι ννιουλ hληι εjων νταυ ννινjαννι
English: Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, turn, my kinsman, be thou like to a roe or young hart on the mountains of the ravines.
Coptic: hληι εjων παμα νεγκατ ντουsη αικωt νσα πη νταταψυχη μελλιτf αικωt. νσωf μπιjιντf
English: By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.
Coptic: α νετπαsεν εταλεh ετκωt. ετπολισ αυjιντ μη πη ντα ταψυχη μελλιτf ατετεννευ ελαf
English: The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. I said, Have ye seen him whom my soul loves?
Coptic: ντελισεντου αν ννουκουι sανt jινι μπη ντα ταψυχη μελλιτf αιαμεhι μμαf ννακεf εβαλ sανt. jιτf εhουν επηι νταμευ αhα hληι hιν ταμιν ντη ντασω μμαι
English: It was as a little while after I parted from them, that I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, until I brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Coptic: αιτελκα τηνου ννινsηλι νσhιμι νιεμ hληι hιν νενjαμ αhα πταjρα ντε jωsι μπελπια ταγαπη ουδε μπελτου νασ sαντεσιλ hνεσ
English: I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the virtues of the field, that ye rouse not nor awake my love, until he please.
Coptic: νιμ τε τει ετνηου εβαλ ντερημοσ νθη ννουsεου εft. καπνοσ. νστι νουfι ουsελ ουλεβενουσ εβαλ hιν σαjιν νιμι νλεfπεσσαjεν
English: Who is this that comes up from the wilderness as pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the perfumer?
Coptic: hει πμα νεγκατ νσολομων ουαν ξ νjωρι κωt. ελαf εβαλ ννινjωρι ντε πισλ
English: Behold Solomon’s bed; sixty mighty men of the mighty ones of Israel are round about it.
Coptic: νταυ τηλου εταμεht ντσηfι νη νταυτσαβαυ εμειsι ουλωμι αλε τεfσηfι hιν τεfκελλι ετβε τhαt. ντουsη
English: They all hold a sword, being expert in war: every man has his sword upon his thigh because of fear by night.
Coptic: σολομων πιρρα αfιλι ννουμα νειγκατ νεf εβαλ ννινsη ντε πλεβενουσ
English: King Solomon made himself a litter of woods of Lebanon.
Coptic: νεfστουλλουσ αfεντου εβαλ ννουhετ πεfθρονοσ ουνουβ πε νεfπρεs hενjελβεσι ναι σαhουν μμαf hεναναμμει ναι ταγαπη εβαλ ννινsηλι νσhιμι νιεμ
English: He made the pillars of it silver, the bottom of it gold, the covering of it scarlet, in the midst of it a pavement of love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
Coptic: αμωινι εβαλ ντεt. νευ επιρρα σολομων πκλαμ ντα τεfμευ τειf νεf sα πεhαου ντεfsελητ αhα hιμ πεhαου μπουναf μπεfhητ
English: Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and behold king Solomon, with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him, in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Coptic: hητε νανουι τααληου hητε νανουι νεβελ hενjραμπι νε μππαλ μπερsων νεfωου νθη ννμηsεα μβααμπι αυουωνh εβαλ νγαλααδ
English: Behold, thou art fair, my companion; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves, beside thy veil: thy hair is as flocks of goats, that have appeared from Galaad.
Coptic: νεαβεh νθη ννουμηsε αυsανsαβου αυι εβαλ μπιjωκομ εsαυjπο νσνευ σνευ μμανν ουατsηλι νhητου
English: Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing; all of them bearing twins, and there is not a barren one among them.
Coptic: νεσπατου νθη ννουhωσ νκοκκοσ πεjινsεjι νασωf νευαjει νθη ντκουκι νhερμεν μπαλ μπερsων
English: Thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: like the rind of a pomegranate is thy cheek without thy veil.
Coptic: νθη μπυργοσ νδαυιδ. πε πεμαt. αυκατf hιν θαλπιωθ αλε sα νjιλλει. εsι νhητf νισαt. τηλου ννινjωρι
English: Thy neck is as the tower of David, that was built for an armoury: a thousand shields hang upon it, and all darts of mighty men.
Coptic: τεκιβι σνουt. νθη ννιαhατρη σνευ νδορκασ ετμανει hιν νινhληλι
English: Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns, that feed among the lilies.
Coptic: sαντε πεhαου ι ντε νινhηιβι λικι tνεμαsι ανακ μπταυ μπsελ μαουετ αhα sα τσιβτ μπλεβενουσ
English: Until the day dawn, and the shadows depart, I will betake me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
Coptic: νανουι τηλι τααληου μαν τωλοβ sαπ νhητι
English: Thou art all fair, my companion, and there is no spot in thee.
Coptic: αμη εβαλ μπλεβενουσ jελητ αμη εβαλ μπλεβενουσ τενει ντεμαsι νσα ταπαρχη ντεπιστισ εβαλ νταπη νσανειρ αhα hερμων εβαλ ννιανταυ ννιμμουι εβαλ ννβηβ ντε νιλαβαι
English: Come from Libanus, my bride, come from Libanus: thou shalt come and pass from the top of Faith, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
Coptic: αλτλε πενhητ ουναf τασωνι ταsελητ αλτλε πενhητ ουναf hινν ουβελ νουωτ hιν τειοπ σει ντε πεμαt
English: My sister, my spouse, thou hast ravished my heart; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
Coptic: νανου νεκιβει εhουαστ εουηλπ νανου πεστινουfι ννεhαιt. εhουαστ εσαjεν νιμι
English: How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! how much more beautiful are thy breasts than wine, and the smell of thy garments than all spices!
Coptic: νεσπατου sουα μουλh επεσητ ουεβιω μενν ουαρωt. hιμ πελασ πεσται ννεhαιt. νθη μσται μπλιβανοσ
English: Thy lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is as the smell of Libanus.
Coptic: τασωνι ταsελητ νθη νουsνη
English: My sister, my spouse is a garden enclosed; a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Coptic: νεταταυαυτου νεν νθη νουπαραδισοσ μιν ουουτεh ντε tjι hενκυπροσ μιν hενναρδοσ
English: Thy shoots are a garden of pomegranates, with the fruit of choice berries; camphor, with spikenard:
Coptic: ουναρδοσ μιν ουκροκοσ ουσαjιν μεν ουκινναμωμον μεν νsην τηλου ντε πλιβανοσ ουsελ μεν ουαλλωι μεν νενσαjεν τηλου ετναουου
English: spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon; with all woods of Libanus, myrrh, aloes, with all chief spices:
Coptic: ουsωt. ντε τεsνη μιν ουsει εfπεhτ ουμαυ εfανεh ευνηου εβαλ μπλιβανοσ
English: a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus.
Coptic: τωνκ πτου μhιντ αμου πτου ρησ νιfι εhουν εταsνη ντε νασαjεν ταουα σταει. εβαλ. μαλε πασαν μαsι επεσητ ετεfsνη μαλεfουωμ εβαλ μπουτεh ντε νεftjι
English: Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; and blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out.
Coptic: αειει εhουν ετεsνη ντασωνι ταsελητ αιjωλαh νηι νhενsελ μιν hενσαjιν αιουωμ νουαικ μιν ουεβιω αισω ννουηλπ μιμ πααρωt. ουωμ νααληου αhα σω αhα thι νασνηου
English: Let my kinsman come down into his garden, and eat the fruit of his choice berries. I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spices; I have eaten my bread with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; yea, brethren, drink abundantly.
Coptic: ανακ tαβεs αhα παhητ fλαισ τεσμη μπασαν σταhαι νfτωhομ επλα αουωμ νηι τασωνι τααληου ταjραμπι ετjηκ εβαλ α τααπη μουh νιωt. α νsκιλ μπαfωι μουh μπjεf ντουsη
English: I sleep, but my heart is awake: the voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, my dove, my perfect one: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Coptic: αικεκτ αhηου νταsτην νεs νhη. νεμαλσ εhληι εjωι αιιωι νναουερηt t νεουωs νεs νhη νταλβου
English: I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
Coptic: α πασαν αfταουατατf hιμ πουωs μπλα α τακαλαhη sταλτελ ετβητf
English: My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole of the door, and my belly moved for him.
Coptic: αιτωουν ετλαουωμ μπασαν ναjεουj αυωθh. εβαλ ννουsελ νατηβε αυωθh νsελ hιλεμ πλα ντκιλλι
English: I rose up to open to my kinsman; my hands dropped myrrh, my fingers choice myrrh, on the handles of the lock.
Coptic: αιουων μπασαν α πασαν σεντ. εβαλ α ταψυχη ασουεhσ νσα πεfsεjι αικωt. νσωf μπιjιντf αιμουt. ελαf μπεfσωτομ ελαι
English: I opened to my kinsman; my kinsman was gone: my soul failed at his speech: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he answered me not.
Coptic: α νετπαsεν αυjιννι μμαι hιν τπολισ αυsεsτ αυhιουι εjωι αυfι μπαρsων hαβαλ μμαι νjινεταλεh επσαβετ
English: The watchman that go their rounds in the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Coptic: αιt. λκα τηνου ννινsηλε νσhιμε νιεμ hληι hιν νενjαμ αhα πjλα ντεjωsι αjισ νεf jε tλαjλεj νταγαπη
English: I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and the virtues of the field: if ye should find my kinsman, what are ye to say to him? That I am wounded with love.
Coptic: αhαf πεσαν εβαλ ννουσαν τετνανουσ ννεhιαμι αhαf πεσαν εβαλ ννουσαν jε αλετιλκαν ντειhη
English: What is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, O thou beautiful among women? what is thy kinsman more than another kinsman, that thou hast so charged us?
Coptic: πασαν ουαβεs αhα fτλεsλαsτ εουσωτπ τηλf ννουτβε πε
English: My kinsman is white and ruddy, chosen out from myriads.
Coptic: νθη νουνουβ μιν ουφαζ τε τεfαπη νινsκιλ ντε πεffωι σεσηκ αhα σεκημ νθη νhεναβακι
English: His head is as very fine gold, his locks are flowing, black as a raven.
Coptic: νεfβελ. hενjραπι ευhληι hιjων μμαυ εναsωου εαυjακμου ννουαρωt ευhμασ ευhληι hιjων hενμαυ εναsωου
English: His eyes are as doves, by the pools of waters, washed with milk, sitting by the pools.
Coptic: νεfουjι νθη νhενφιαλη νσαjιν νεfσπατου νhλ hεν hληι ευωθh εβαλ ννουσαjιν
English: His cheeks are as bowls of spices pouring forth perfumes: his lips are lilies, dropping choice myrrh.
Coptic: νεfjεουjh hεννουβ νε ευπαγκ νhητου ευσατπ εβαλ νθαρσισ τεfκαλαhη ουπυξιον ννελεφαντινον εfhληι εjων ουωνι νσαππιροσ
English: His hands are as turned gold set with beryl: his belly is an ivory tablet on a sapphire stone.
Coptic: νεfουερηt. hενστουλλουσ ευαβεs ναι ευωhι ελετου εjων hενβασισ ννουβ πεfμαντ νθη ννουλεβενουσ εfσατπ νθη νhενκεδροσ
English: His legs are marble pillars set on golden sockets: his form is as Libanus, choice as the cedars.
Coptic: τεfsουωβι ουνηνι τε νανουf τηλf πει πε πασαν αhα πει πε πααληου ννινsηλε νσhιμι νιhεμ
English: His throat is most sweet, and altogether desirable. This is my kinsman, and this is my companion, O daughters of Jerusalem.
Coptic: α πεσαν αfsη ετον τετννουσ ννεhιαμει α πεσαν sη ετον jε νεκωt. νσωf νιμμε
English: Whither is thy kinsman gone, thou beautiful among women? whither has thy kinsman turned aside? tell us, and we will seek him with thee.
Coptic: α πασαν αfβωκ ετεfsνη εhληι ενενφιαλη ντε hενσαjεν αfμαsι hληι hιν νενsνη νfκωτf ννενhληλι
English: My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Coptic: ανακ μπασαν αhα πασαν νηι πη ετμανι hιν νενhληλι
English: I am my kinsman’s, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies.
Coptic: νανουι τααληου νθη μπουωs νασωι νθη ντhιμ ουhαt. νθη ννινjαμ ετοhι ελετου
English: Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, beautiful as Jerusalem, terrible as armies set in array.
Coptic: κωt. jη ννεκβελ hαβαλ μμαι jε νταυ αυfι μπαhητ πεfωι νθη νουμηsα μβαμπι νταfι εβαλ hιν γαλααδ
English: Turn away thine eyes from before me, for they have ravished me: thy hair is as flocks of goats which have appeared from Galaad.
Coptic: νεαβεh νθη νhενεσαου νταυsαβου αυι εhληι hιμ πjωκεμ νταυ τηλου σεsπα νσνευ β μαν ατsηλι νhητου
English: Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none barren among them: thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely.
Coptic: νεσπατου νθη νουhωσ νκοικκοσ πεsεjι νασωf νεουjαι νθη νουκουκι νhερμεν μπαλ μπερsων
English: Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, being seen without thy veil.
Coptic: ξ μπαλλακη hενsηλε νσhειμι εμαντευ ηπι
English: There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.
Coptic: ουεει τε ταjραμπι ετjηκ εβαλ ουαιει τε τει ετεσμευ εσσατπ ετετασjπασ α νsηλε νσhιμι νευ ελασ αυτμαιασ jε ναιετσ μπαλλακη σενετμαιασ
English: My dove, my perfect one is one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, yea, and the concubines, and they will praise her.
Coptic: νιμ τε τει ετjωsτ εβαλ μπνευ νsαρπ νασωσ νθη μπαh σατπ νθη μπρε ουhατει νθη ννjαμ ετοhι ελετου
English: Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as armies set in array?
Coptic: αει εhληι ετεsνη ντκαροια ντανευ επουτεh μπμουιε σωρομ αεινευ jε α τβω ναλαλι tουω α νhερμεν tουω εβαλ αινεt. ννακιβι νεκ μπμε εtινμευ
English: I went down to the garden of nuts, to look at the fruits of the valley, to see if the vine flowered, if the pomegranates blossomed. (11) There I will give thee my breasts:
Coptic: ταψυχη μπεσιμι αfκετ hιν νεναρμα ντε αμιναδαβ
English: my soul knew it not: it made me as the chariots of Aminadab.
Coptic: κτα jε ανενευ ελα ατετνενευ εουν hιν τσωμανιτισ τει εσνηου νθη ννουμηsε ννεχοροσ
English: Return, return, O Sunamite; return, return, and we will look at thee. What will ye see in the Sunamite? She comes as bands of armies.
Coptic: α νεjαλαυj αυσει hιν νινταυι τsηλε νσhιμι ναμειναδαβ μμελοσ ντε νεκιλλει νθη νhενορμισκοσ ευει νhωβ ντεχνιτησ
English: Thy steps are beautiful in shoes, O daughter of the prince: the joints of thy thighs are like chains, the work of the craftsman.
Coptic: τεhελπι ουκρατηρ εfsηκι τε ετsατ ννjωρj εν τεκαλαhη ουλαjναου νσουα τε εσταβε εσhιν hενhληλι
English: Thy navel is as a turned bowl, not wanting liquor; thy belly is as a heap of wheat set about with lilies.
Coptic: τεκιβι βt αυει νθη νκουι νδορκασ β νhατρη
English: Thy two breasts are as two twin fawns.
Coptic: πεμαt. νθη ννουπυργοσ ννελεφαντινον νεβελ νθη ννεμμαυ εναsωου ννεσεβων hληι ννεμπυλει νsηλι νουμηsε πεsενι νθη ννουπυργοσ ντε πλιβανοσ εfjωsτ εβαλ μπιμτα νδαμασκοσ
English: Thy neck is as an ivory tower; thine eyes are as pools in Esebon, by the gates of the daughter of many: thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, looking toward Damascus.
Coptic: τεαπη ετhιjω νθη μπκαρμηλοσ φωλκ ντεαπη νθη ννουjελβεσι ουρρα εfσανεh ελαf
English: Thy head upon thee is as Carmel, and the curls of thy hair like scarlet; the king is bound in the galleries.
Coptic: αhα νασωι αhα τενατεμ τεαπη hληι ντετρυφη
English: How beautiful art thou, and how sweet art thou, my love!
Coptic: τει τε τεμιντναj ινι μπιβενι αhα νεκιβι νθη ννουσμεh νναλαλι
English: This is thy greatness in thy delights: thou wast made like a palm tree, and thy breasts to cluster.
Coptic: αιjασ jε tνεαλη εhληι εjων πιβενι ταμεht. ννετjασι νhητf ελε νεκιβι sωπι νθη νhενσμεh ντβω νναλαλι πσται μπεsενι νθη νhενjιμπεh
English: I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its high boughs: and now shall thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose of apples;
Coptic: αhα τεsουωβι νθη νθη ννουηλπ ενανουf t. νεμαsι επασαν νσουτων tει νjαμ hληι hιν νασπατου αhα νανεjι
English: and thy throat as good wine, going well with my kinsman, suiting my lips and teeth.
Coptic: ανακ μπασαν εfκωt. sαβι sαλαι
English: I am my kinsman’s, and his desire is toward me.
Coptic: αμου πασαν ντενβωκ εβαλ εjωsι μαλεννκατ hληι hιν hενκωμη
English: Come, my kinsman, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
Coptic: ντενsαρπεν εβαλ εhενμα ναναλαλι μαλεννευ jε α τβω ναλαλι ταουα hληλι πκουπελ αfταουα hληλι α νβω νhερμεν t. ουω μμευ αινεt ννακιβι νεκ
English: Let us go early into the vineyards; let us see if the vine has flowered, if the blossoms have appeared, if the pomegranates have blossomed; there will I give thee my breasts.
Coptic: α νιμανδραγοροσ t. μπευσται αυω ssε νtιjι fhιλεν νενλα hενβερι εhενεσ αιαλεh ελαυ νεκ πασαν
English: The mandrakes have given a smell, and at our doors are all kinds of choice fruits, new and old. O my kinsman, I have kept them for thee.
Coptic: νιμ πετνετεικ νηι πασαν ετουωμ αρωt. νταμευ αιjιντκ νσα βαλ σενεhι hτει μμαι εν
English: I would that thou, O my kinsman, wert he that sucked the breasts of my mother; when I found thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, they should not despise me.
Coptic: ειjιτκ αειναιντκκ εουε πηι νταμευ hληι hιν πταμιον ντετασω μμαι αεινετσακ εβαλ μπηλπ μπλεf πεσ σαjιν εβαλ μπηλπ ντε νεκhερμεν
English: I would take thee, I would bring thee into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me; I would make thee to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranates.
Coptic: τεfjιj νjαjε hαjωι τεfουινεμ ασελ hαμηλ μμαι
English: His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
Coptic: αιτελκα τηνου ννινsηλε νσhιμι νεμηλ hληι hιν νενjαμ αhα πταjρα ντε jωsι ετλετεtιντουνασ ντεtνπια ταγαπη sαντε τει ειλhνεσ
English: I have charged you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the virtues of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
Coptic: νιμ τε τει ετνηου εhρληι εσουαβεs εσταjρασ επεσσαν αιπιακ hαλασ ντβω νjιμπεh πμε ετμμευ α τεκμευ tνεκι μμακ
English: Who is this that comes up all white, leaning on her kinsman? I raised thee up under an apple-tree; there thy mother brought thee forth; there she that bore thee brought thee forth.
Coptic: κετ jη νθη ννουταβεf hιjων πεκhητ νθη ννουταβεf hιjων πεκjνεh αλε ταγαπη ταjρηουτ επκωhτ νε ουτενh δε hεντενh νsεh νκλωμ
English: Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thine arm; for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave, her shafts are shafts of fire, even the flames thereof.
Coptic: ουμαυ εναsωf fνεαsεμ τεαγαπη εν ουδε hενιερωου νσενεsτεμ ελωσ εν αsα πλωμι t. μπεfωνh τηλεf hληι hινν ουαγαπη ουμεντhι hτει σενεhι hτει μμαf
English: Much water will not be able to quench love, and rivers shall not drown it; if a man would give all his substance for love, men would utterly despise it.
Coptic: ουαντεν ουκουι νσωνι μπα νεσκιβι ι ανειλι νου ντενσωνι μπεhαου ετε σενεsεjι ετβητσ
English: Our sister is little, and has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister, in the day wherein she shall be spoken for?
Coptic: εσjε ουσαβετ τε τεννεκαν ουjαι νhεν εhληι εjωσ εsjε ουλα τε τεννεt. νhενsη νκεδροσ ελασ
English: If she is a wall, let us build upon her silver bulwarks; and if she is a door, let us carve for her cedar panels.
Coptic: ανακ ουσαβετ αυω νακιβι hενπυργοσ ναι ανακ ναιsαπ μπιμτα ννεfβελωσ ειjινι ννουειρηνη
English: I am a wall, and my breasts are as towers; I was in their eyes as one that found peace.
Coptic: ουμα ναλαλι αfsωπι νσολομων hληι μβαλαμωθh αft. μπεfμα ναλαλι ννεταλεh ελαf ουλωμι fνεινε μπεουτεh hληι ννενsα νhετ
English: Solomon had a vineyard in Beelamon; he let his vineyard to keepers; every one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
Coptic: παμα ναλαλι μπαμτα εβαλ ουsα νσολομων αhα ουsητ ννεταλεh ενεfουτευh
English: My vineyard, even mine, is before me; Solomon shall have a thousand, and they that keep its fruit two hundred.
Coptic: πετhμασ hληι νhενsνη hεναληου ευσωτομ hαθη ντεfσμη
English: Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: make me hear it.
Coptic: αssωπι μεννσα τουfι πιηλ νεχμαλωτοσ νσεsωf νιhεμ ιερημιασ αfhμασ αfλιμι αhα αfιλ hηβι μπειhηβι ετβε ιεμ εfjω μμασ jε
English: And it came to pass, after Israel was taken captive, and Jerusalem made desolate, that Jeremias sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said
Coptic: βηθ hνν ουλιμι ασλικι ντουsη νεσλιμιαυι ναυhληι ντεεσουαjι εμαν πεττωβh μμασ εβαλ hιν νη τηλου ετελ αγαπαν μμασ νετμηι μμασ τηλου αυhι hτει μμασ αυsωπι νεσ νjεjι
English: BETH. She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; and there is none of all her lovers to comfort her: all that were her friends have dealt deceitfully with her, they are become her enemies.
Coptic: γιμλ αυπανε t ουδαια εβαλ ετβε πεσθυβια αhα παsει ντεσμινθhελ ασhμασ ννενεθνοσ μπεσjιμι ννουματνεσ νετπητ νσωσ τηλου αυταhασ hληι ντμηt. ννετλωj μμασ
English: GIMEL. Judea is gone into captivity by reason of her affliction, and by reason of the abundance of her servitude: she dwells among the nations, she has not found rest: all her pursuers have overtaken her between her oppressors.