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The Bride’s Troubled Dream
“On my bed night after night I sought him
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.
“On my bed night after night I sought him
Whom my soul loves;
I sought him but did not find him.
The Bride's Dream
On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
‘I must arise now and go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
In the streets and in the squares
I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broadways Will I seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
“The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
The watchmen that go about the city found me: -- Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?
“Scarcely had I left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”
-- Scarcely had 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.
“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.
Solomon’s Wedding Day
“What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like columns of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?
Solomon's Wedding Day
Who is this, [she] that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant? ...
Who is this, [she] that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant? ...
“Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.
Behold his couch, Solomon's own: Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty of Israel.
“All of them are wielders of the sword,
Expert in war;
Each man has his sword at his side,
Guarding against the terrors of the night.
Expert in war;
Each man has his sword at his side,
Guarding against the terrors of the night.
They all hold the sword, Experts in war; Each hath his sword upon his thigh Because of alarm in the nights.
“King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.
From the timber of Lebanon.
King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
“He made its posts of silver,
Its back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Its back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Its pillars he made of silver, Its support of gold, Its seat of purple; The midst thereof was paved [with] love By the daughters of Jerusalem.
“Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And gaze on King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”
And gaze on King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”
Go forth, 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.