Song of Solomon 3

1 Bride: On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.

[[M.]] Upon my bed, in the night, I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but found him not.

2 I will rise up, and I will circle through the city. Through the side streets and thoroughfares, I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.

I will arise now [[said I]], and go about the city; In the streets and the broad ways will I seek him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but found him not.

3 The watchers who guard the city found me: “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”

The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen [[said I]] him whom my soul loveth?”

4 When I had passed by them a little, I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not release him, until I would bring him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her who bore me.

I had but just passed them, When I found him whom my soul loveth; I held him, and would not let him go, Till I had brought him into my mother's house, Into the apartment of her that bore me.

5 Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, until she wills.

[[Lov.]] I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem! By the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till she please.

6 Chorus to Groom: Who is she, who ascends through the desert, like a staff of smoke from the aromatics of myrrh, and frankincense, and every powder of the perfumer?

Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all the powders of the merchant?

7 Chorus to Bride: Lo, sixty strong ones, out of all the strongest in Israel, stand watch at the bed of Solomon,

Behold, the carriage of Solomon! Threescore valiant men are around it, Of the valiant men of Israel.

8 all holding swords and well-trained in warfare, each one’s weapon upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.

They all wear swords, Being skilled in war. Every one hath his sword girt upon his thigh, On account of danger in the night.

9 Bride to Chorus: King Solomon made himself a portable throne from the wood of Lebanon.

King Solomon made for himself a carriage Of the wood of Lebanon.

10 He made its columns of silver, the reclining place of gold, the ascent of purple; the middle he covered well, out of charity for the daughters of Jerusalem.

The pillars thereof he made of silver, The railing of gold, The seat of purple, Its interior curiously wrought by a lovely one of the daughters of Jerusalem.

11 O daughters of Zion, go forth and see king Solomon with the diadem with which his mother crowned him, on the day of his espousal, on the day of the rejoicing of his heart.

Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion! And behold King Solomon In the crown with which his mother crowned him, In the day of his espousals, In the day of the gladness of his heart.