MSB SNG Chapter 3

The Bride’s Dream

On my bed at night

I sought the one I love;

I sought him,

but did not find him.

2 

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 

I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city:

“Have you seen [the one] I love?”

4 

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.

5 

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.

6 

Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day

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?

7 

Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage,[fn]

escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.

8 

All are skilled with the sword,

experienced in warfare.

Each has his sword at his side

prepared for the terror of the night.

9 

King Solomon has made his carriage

out of the timber of Lebanon.

10 

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.

11 

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.