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A Troubled Night
The Shulamite
By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
The Shulamite
By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
Young Woman
One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover.
I yearned for him, but he did not come.
One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover.
I yearned for him, but he did not come.
“I will rise now,” I said,
“And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
I sought him, but I did not find him.
“And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
I sought him, but I did not find him.
So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city,
searching in all its streets and squares.
I will search for the one I love.”
So I searched everywhere but did not find him.
searching in all its streets and squares.
I will search for the one I love.”
So I searched everywhere but did not find him.
The watchmen who go about the city found me;
I said,
“Have you seen the one I love?”
I said,
“Have you seen the one I love?”
The watchmen stopped me as they made their rounds,
and I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”
and I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”
Then scarcely had I left them
when I found my love!
I caught and held him tightly,
then I brought him to my mother’s house,
into my mother’s bed, where I had been conceived.
when I found my love!
I caught and held him tightly,
then I brought him to my mother’s house,
into my mother’s bed, where I had been conceived.
The Coming of Solomon
The Shulamite
Who is this coming out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
The Shulamite
Who is this coming out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
Who is this sweeping in from the wilderness
like a cloud of smoke?
Who is it, fragrant with myrrh and frankincense
and every kind of spice?
like a cloud of smoke?
Who is it, fragrant with myrrh and frankincense
and every kind of spice?
Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.
Look, it is Solomon’s carriage,
surrounded by sixty heroic men,
the best of Israel’s soldiers.
surrounded by sixty heroic men,
the best of Israel’s soldiers.
They all hold swords,
Being expert in war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.
Being expert in war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.
They are all skilled swordsmen,
experienced warriors.
Each wears a sword on his thigh,
ready to defend the king against an attack in the night.
experienced warriors.
Each wears a sword on his thigh,
ready to defend the king against an attack in the night.
King Solomon’s carriage is built
of wood imported from Lebanon.
of wood imported from Lebanon.
He made its pillars of silver,
Its support of gold,
Its seat of purple,
Its interior paved with love
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Its support of gold,
Its seat of purple,
Its interior paved with love
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Its posts are silver,
its canopy gold;
its cushions are purple.
It was decorated with love
by the young women of Jerusalem.
Young Woman
its canopy gold;
its cushions are purple.
It was decorated with love
by the young women of Jerusalem.
Young Woman
Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And see King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
The day of the gladness of his heart.
And see King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
The day of the gladness of his heart.