ULT SNG Chapter 3

3 On my bed in the night

I sought him whom my soul loves;

I sought him, but I did not find him.

2 I will get up now and go about in the city,

in the streets and in the squares;

I will seek him whom my soul loves.

I sought him, but I did not find him.

3 The guards going about in the city found me:

“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”

4 Hardly had I passed by them

when I found him whom my soul loves.

I held him and I would not let him go

until I had brought him to the house of my mother

and to the room of the woman who conceived me.

5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,

by the female gazelles or the does of the field,

do not awaken nor stir love until it desires.

6 Who, is that coming up from the wilderness

like columns of smoke,

fragrant smoke of myrrh and frankincense,

from all the powders of the merchant?

7 Behold—his litter, which, belongs to Solomon;

60 warriors surround it,

from the warriors of Israel.

8 All of them are grasping a sword, studied, in war.

Each one, has his sword at his thigh,

against the terrors in the nights.

9 He made for himself a palanquin, King Solomon,

from the trees of Lebanon.

10 He made its posts, out of silver;

its back, gold;

its seat, purple cloth.

Its interior was fitted, with love

from the daughters of Jerusalem.

11 Go out and look, daughters of Zion, at King Solomon,

at the crown with which his mother crowned him

on the day of his wedding,

on the day of the joy of his heart.