3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my
soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened
not to me.
3:2 I will rise now, and go about in the city, in the market-places, and in
the streets, and I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I
found him not.
3:3 The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. [I said], Have ye
seen him whom my soul loves?
3:4 [It was] as a little [while] after I parted from them, that I found him
whom my soul loves: I held him, and did not let him go, until I brought him
into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
3:5 I have charged you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the
virtues of the field, that ye rouse not nor awake [my] love, until he
please.
3:6 Who is this that comes up from the wilderness as pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the perfumer?
3:7 Behold Solomon's bed; sixty mighty men of the mighty ones of Israel are
round about it.
3:8 They all hold a sword, being expert in war: every man [has] his sword
upon his thigh because of fear by night.
3:9 King Solomon made himself a litter of woods of Lebanon.
3:10 He made the pillars of it silver, the bottom of it gold, the covering
of it scarlet, in the midst of it a pavement of love, for the daughters of
Jerusalem.
3:11 Go forth, ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, with the crown
wherewith his mother crowned him, in the day of his espousals, and in the
day of the gladness of his heart. |
3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my
soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad
ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him
whom my soul loveth?
3:4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my
soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him
into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds
of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
3:7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it,
of the valiant of Israel.
3:8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon
his thigh because of fear in the night.
3:9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
3:10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the
covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the
daughters of Jerusalem.
3:11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the
crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in
the day of the gladness of his heart. |