Song of Songs 3

CLV(i) 1 On my bed in the nights I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, yet I did not find him." 2 Let me rise now, and let me go around in the city, Through the roadways and through the squares; Let me seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, yet I did not find him." 3 The guards who go around in the city found me. He whom my soul loves, have you seen him? 4 Barely had I passed by them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held him and would not slacken my grip on him, Until I brought him to my mother's house, To the chamber of her who became pregnant with me." 5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, By gazelles or by hinds of the field:Do not rouse, and do not rouse up love Until it delight." 6 Who is this ascending from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, From fumes of myrrh and frankincense, From all the powder of the trader? 7 Behold, his couch, that which is Solomon's! Sixty masterful men surround it, From the masterful men of Israel, 8 All of them holding a sword, taught in warfare, Each with his sword on his thigh, Because of alarm at night." 9 King Solomon made the sedan-litter for himself From wood of Lebanon. 10 Its columns he made of silver, Its bolster of gold, Its riding seat of purple, Its interior inlaid with love By the daughters of Jerusalem." 11 Come forth, O daughters of Zion, and see king Solomon, With the crown with which his mother crowned him On the day of his espousal."