1. At night on my bed,I looked for the one I love;I looked for him, but I could not find him.
2. I got up and went around the city,in the streets and squares,looking for the one I love.I looked for him, but I could not find him.
3. The watchmen found me as they patrolled the city,so I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”
4. As soon as I had left them,I found the one I love.I held him and would not let him gountil I brought him to my mother’s house,to the room where I was born.
5. Women of Jerusalem, promise meby the gazelles and the deernot to awakenor excite my feelings of loveuntil it is ready.
6. Who is this coming out of the desertlike a cloud of smoke?Who is this that smells like myrrh, incense,and other spices?
7. Look, it’s Solomon’s couchwith sixty soldiers around it,the finest soldiers of Israel.
8. These soldiers all carry swordsand have been trained in war.Every man wears a sword at his sideand is ready for the dangers of the night.
9. King Solomon had a couch made for himselfof wood from Lebanon.
10. He made its posts of silverand its braces of gold.The seat was covered with purple cloththat the women of Jerusalem wove with love.
11. Women of Jerusalem, go out and see King Solomon.He is wearing the crown his mother put on his headon his wedding day,when his heart was happy!