Song of Solomon, 3
1. On my bed at night I sought him whom my heart loves - I sought him but I did not find him.
1. On my bed at night I sought the man who is my sweetheart: I sought but could not find him!
2. I will rise then and go about the city; in the streets and crossings I will seek Him whom my heart loves. I sought him but I did not find him.
2. So I shall get up and go through the city; in the streets and in the squares, I shall seek my sweetheart. I sought but could not find him!
3. The watchmen came upon me as they made their rounds of the city: Have you seen him whom my heart loves?
3. I came upon the watchmen -- those who go on their rounds in the city: 'Have you seen my sweetheart?'
4. I had hardly left them when I found him whom my heart loves. I took hold of him and would not let him go till I should bring him to the home of my mother, to the room of my parent.
4. Barely had I passed them when I found my sweetheart. I caught him, would not let him go, not till I had brought him to my mother's house, to the room where she conceived me!
5. I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and hinds of the field, Do not arouse, do not stir up love before its own time.
5. LOVER: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by gazelles and wild does, do not rouse, do not wake my beloved before she pleases.
6. What is this coming up from the desert, like a column of smoke Laden with myrrh, with frankincense, and with the perfume of every exotic dust?
6. POET: What is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, breathing of myrrh and frankincense and every exotic perfume?
7. Ah, it is the litter of Solomon; sixty valiant men surround it, of the valiant men of Israel:
7. Here comes Solomon's litter. Around it are sixty champions, the flower of the warriors of Israel;
8. All of them expert with the sword, skilled in battle, Each with his sword at his side against danger in the watches of the night.
8. all of them skilled swordsmen, expert in war. Each man has his sword at his side, against alarms by night.
9. King Solomon made himself a carriage of wood from Lebanon.
9. King Solomon has had a palanquin made of wood from Lebanon.
10. He made its columns of silver, its roof of gold, Its seat of purple cloth, its framework inlaid with ivory.
10. He has had the posts made of silver, the canopy of gold, the seat of purple; the centre is inlaid with ebony.
11. Daughters of Jerusalem, come forth and look upon King Solomon In the crown with which his mother has crowned him on the day of his marriage, on the day of the joy of his heart.
11. Daughters of Zion, come and see King Solomon, wearing the diadem with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the day of his heart's joy.
