3“1On my bednight after night I sought himaWhom my soulloves;I bsought him but did not find him.2‘1I must arisenow and 2goabout the city;In the astreets and in the squares3I must seek him whom my soulloves.’I sought him but did not find him.3“aThe watchmen who goabout the cityfound me,And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soulloves?’4“aScarcely had I passed them byWhen I found him whom my soulloves;I bseized him and would not let him goUntil I had cbrought him to my mother’shouse,And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”5“1I acall you to solemnlyswear, O daughters of Jerusalem,By the bgazellesor by the hinds of the field,That you do not arouse or awakenmyloveUntil2she pleases.”
Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day
6“1,aWho is thiscomingup from the wildernessLike bcolumns of smoke,As risingincense of cmyrrh and dfrankincense,With allscentedpowders of the merchant?7“Behold, it is the travelingcouch of Solomon;Sixtymightymenaround it,Of the mightymen of Israel.8“All of them are those who seize the sword,aLearned in war;Eachman has his bsword at his side,Guardingagainst the 1,cdreadfulthings of the night.9“KingSolomon has made for himself a sedanchairFrom the timber of Lebanon.10“He made its posts of silver,Its 1back of goldAnd its seat of purplefabric,With its interiorinlaid with loveBy the adaughters of Jerusalem.11“Goforth and see, O adaughters of Zion,KingSolomon with the 1crownWith which his mother has crowned himOn the bday of his wedding,And on the day of his gladness of heart.”
