Song of Solomon 3
1 At night on my bed I was longing for him whom my soul loves; I looked for him, but I could not find him.
Sur mon lit, durant les nuits, j’ai cherché celui qu’aime mon âme; je l’ai cherché, mais je ne l’ai pas trouvé.
2 I said to myself, “I will get up and go through the city, through the streets and squares; I will search for him whom my soul loves.” I searched for him, but I did not find him.
– Je me lèverai maintenant, et je ferai le tour de la ville dans les rues et dans les places; je chercherai celui qu’aime mon âme. – Je l’ai cherché, mais je ne l’ai pas trouvé.
3 The watchmen found me as they were making their rounds in the city. I asked them, “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
Les gardes qui font la ronde par la ville m’ont trouvée. Avez-vous vu celui que mon âme aime?
4 It was only a little while after I had passed them that I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the bedroom of the one who had conceived me.
À peine avais-je passé plus loin, que j’ai trouvé celui qu’aime mon âme; je l’ai saisi, et je ne l’ai pas lâché que je ne l’aie amené dans la maison de ma mère, et dans la chambre de celle qui m’a conçue.
5 I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the fields, that you will not awaken or arouse love until she pleases.
Je vous adjure, filles de Jérusalem, par les gazelles ou par les biches des champs, n’éveillez pas, ne réveillez pas [mon] amour, jusqu’à ce qu’elle le veuille.
6 What is that coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders sold by merchants?
Qui est celle-ci qui monte du désert, comme des colonnes de fumée, parfumée de myrrhe et d’encens, [et] de toutes sortes de poudres des marchands?
7 Look, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty warriors surround it, sixty soldiers of Israel.
– Voici son lit, celui de Salomon; 60 hommes forts l’entourent, d’entre les hommes forts d’Israël;
8 All of them are skilled with a sword and are experienced in warfare. Every man has his sword at his side, armed against the terrors of the night.
tous tiennent l’épée [et] sont exercés à la guerre, ayant chacun son épée sur sa cuisse à cause des frayeurs de la nuit.
9 King Solomon made himself a sedan chair of the wood from Lebanon.
Le roi Salomon s’est fait un palanquin de bois du Liban.
10 Its posts were made of silver; the back was made of gold, and the seat of purple cloth. Its interior was decorated with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
Il a fait ses colonnes d’argent, son dossier d’or, son siège de pourpre, son intérieur pavé d’amour par les filles de Jérusalem.
11 Go out, daughters of Zion, and gaze on King Solomon, bearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the day of the joy of his heart.
Sortez, filles de Sion, et voyez le roi Salomon, avec la couronne dont sa mère l’a couronné au jour de ses fiançailles, et au jour de la joie de son cœur.
