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All night long on my bed
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for 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 will get up now and go about the city,
through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but did not find him.
through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for 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 found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
“Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
as they made their rounds in the city.
“Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
The watchmen that go about the city found me: -- Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?
Scarcely had I passed them
when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
till I had brought him to my mother’s house,
to the room of the one who conceived me.
when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
till I had brought him to my mother’s house,
to the room of the one 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.
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
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.
Who is this coming up from the wilderness
like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and incense
made from all the spices of the merchant?
like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and incense
made from all the spices 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? ...
Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
escorted by sixty warriors,
the noblest of Israel,
escorted by sixty warriors,
the noblest of Israel,
Behold his couch, Solomon's own: Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty of Israel.
all of them wearing the sword,
all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
prepared for the terrors of the night.
all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
prepared for 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 made for himself the carriage;
he made it of wood from Lebanon.
he made it of wood from Lebanon.
King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
Its posts he made of silver,
its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem,
its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
its interior inlaid with love.
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, 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.