Song of Solomon 3

3:1

By night on my bed,

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

3:2

I will get up now, and go about the city;

I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

3:3

The watchmen who go about the city found me;

I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

3:4

I had scarcely passed from them,

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

3:5

I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

3:6

Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke,

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

3:7

Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage!

Behold, it is Solomon’s , escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.

3:8

They all handle the sword, and are expert in war.

All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

3:9

King Solomon made himself a carriage

King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

3:10

He made its pillars of silver,

He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

3:11

Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon,

Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.