نَشِيدُ ٱلْأَنْشَادِ 3
| فِي ٱللَّيْلِ عَلَى فِرَاشِي طَلَبْتُ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي. طَلَبْتُهُ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ. | ١ 1 |
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
| إِنِّي أَقُومُ وَأَطُوفُ فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فِي ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ وَفِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ، أَطْلُبُ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي. طَلَبْتُهُ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ. | ٢ 2 |
I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
| وَجَدَنِي ٱلْحَرَسُ ٱلطَّائِفُ فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَقُلْتُ: «أَرَأَيْتُمْ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي؟» | ٣ 3 |
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
| فَمَا جَاوَزْتُهُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي، فَأَمْسَكْتُهُ وَلَمْ أَرْخِهِ، حَتَّى أَدْخَلْتُهُ بَيْتَ أُمِّي وَحُجْرَةَ مَنْ حَبِلَتْ بِي. | ٤ 4 |
I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
| أُحَلِّفُكُنَّ يَا بَنَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِٱلظِّبَاءِ وَبِأَيَائِلِ ٱلْحَقْلِ، أَلَّا تُيَقِّظْنَ وَلَا تُنَبِّهْنَ ٱلْحَبِيبَ حَتَّى يَشَاءَ. | ٥ 5 |
O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
| مَنْ هَذِهِ ٱلطَّالِعَةُ مِنَ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ كَأَعْمِدَةٍ مِنْ دُخَانٍ، مُعَطَّرَةً بِٱلْمُرِّ وَٱللُّبَانِ وَبِكُلِّ أَذِرَّةِ ٱلتَّاجِرِ؟ | ٦ 6 |
Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
| هُوَذَا تَخْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ حَوْلَهُ سِتُّونَ جَبَّارًا مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ. | ٧ 7 |
Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
| كُلُّهُمْ قَابِضُونَ سُيُوفًا وَمُتَعَلِّمُونَ ٱلْحَرْبَ. كُلُّ رَجُلٍ سَيْفُهُ عَلَى فَخْذِهِ مِنْ هَوْلِ ٱللَّيْلِ. | ٨ 8 |
All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
| اَلْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ عَمِلَ لِنَفْسِهِ تَخْتًا مِنْ خَشَبِ لُبْنَانَ. | ٩ 9 |
King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.
| عَمِلَ أَعْمِدَتَهُ فِضَّةً، وَرَوَافِدَهُ ذَهَبًا، وَمَقْعَدَهُ أُرْجُوانًا، وَوَسَطَهُ مَرْصُوفًا مَحَبَّةً مِنْ بَنَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ. | ١٠ 10 |
He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
| اُخْرُجْنَ يَا بَنَاتِ صِهْيَوْنَ، وَٱنْظُرْنَ ٱلْمَلِكَ سُلَيْمَانَ بِٱلتَّاجِ ٱلَّذِي تَوَّجَتْهُ بِهِ أُمُّهُ فِي يَوْمِ عُرْسِهِ، وَفِي يَوْمِ فَرَحِ قَلْبِهِ. | ١١ 11 |
Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
