1On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.2I 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.I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.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.I said, 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.3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?The watchmen that go about the city found me; To whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?4I 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.I had scarcely passed from them, when 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 room of her who conceived me.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.It was but a little that I passed from them, When 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.5O 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.I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken love, until it so desires.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.I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?7Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel.8All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.They all handle the sword, and are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.9King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon.King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.10He 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.He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.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.He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.11Come 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.Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.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.Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon, With the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him In the day of his espousals, And in the day of the gladness of his heart.
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