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 ma couche nocturne, je cherchai celui dont mon âme est éprise: je le cherchai mais ne le trouvai point.
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 résolus donc de me lever, de parcourir la ville rues et places pour chercher celui dont mon âme est éprise; je l’ai cherché et 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 des rondes dans la ville m’ont rencontrée: "Avez-vous vu leur demandai-je celui dont mon âme est éprise?"
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.
A peine les eus-je dépassés que je trouvai celui que mon cœur aime; je le saisis et ne le lâchai point, que je ne l’eusse emmené dans la maison de ma mère, dans la chambre de celle qui m’a mise au monde.
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 en conjure, ô filles de Jérusalem, par les biches ou les gazelles des champs: n’éveillez pas, ne provoquez pas l’amour, avant qu’il 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?
Qu’est-ce ceci qui s’élève du désert comme des colonnes de fumée, mêlées de vapeurs de myrrhe et d’encens et de toutes les poudres du parfumeur?
7 Look, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty warriors surround it, sixty soldiers of Israel.
Voyez, c’est la litière de Salomon! Elle est entourée de soixante braves, d’entre les héros 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.
ils sont tous armés du glaive, experts dans les combats; chacun porte le glaive au flanc, à cause des terreurs de la nuit.
9 King Solomon made himself a sedan chair of the wood from Lebanon.
Le roi Salomon s’est fait faire un palanquin en 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.
Les colonnes en sont d’argent, la garniture d’or, le siège de pourpre; l’intérieur en a été paré avec 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 et admirez, filles de Sion, le roi Salomon, orné de la couronne dont le ceignit sa mère au jour de son hyménée, au jour de la joie de son cœur.
