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3 Night after night on my bed
I longed for my lover.
I longed for him
but he was nowhere to be found.
2 I will rise and go over the city,
its streets and its squares -
I will seek my beloved!
But I could not find him.
3 I was found by the watchmen who passed
on their round of the city.
"Tell me," I said, "Have you seen
my beloved?"
4 Scarce had I parted from them
when I found my beloved.
I held him and would not let go,
until I brought him to my mother’s home,
to the room of my conceiving.
5 Swear, O girls of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles and wild does,
don’t disturb our love
before we are satisfied!
The Third Poem
6 Who is this coming up from the desert
like columns of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
all scents of the merchant?
7 Look! It is Solomon’s litter,
and round it three score valiant men
of the valiant of Israel,
8 each with a sword in his hand,
and acquainted with war –
every man with a sword at his side
ready for the dangers of night.
9 The king had a palanquin made him
of Lebanon wood.
10 Its posts he had fashioned of silver;
its back was of gold.
Its seat was of purple: within
it was inlaid with ebony.
11 Come forth and look on the king,
daughters of Zion,
in the crown he received from his mother
the day he was wedded,
with gladness of heart.