Song of Solomon 3:1–4:16
1 “1On my bed night after night I sought him
aWhom my soul loves;
I bsought him but did not find him.
2 ‘1I must arise now and 1go about the city;
In the astreets and in the squares
2I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
3 “aThe watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I bheld on to him and would not let him go
Until I had cbrought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”
5 “1I aadjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the bgazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until 2she pleases.”
6 “1, 2aWhat is this coming up from the wilderness
Like bcolumns of smoke,
Perfumed with cmyrrh and dfrankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?
7 “Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.
8 “All of them are wielders of the sword,
aExpert in war;
Each man has his bsword at his side,
Guarding against the 1cterrors of the night.
9 “King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.
10 “He made its posts of silver,
Its 1back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the adaughters of Jerusalem.
11 “Go forth, O adaughters of Zion,
And gaze on King Solomon with the 1crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the bday of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”
1 “1, 2How beautiful ayou are, my darling,
2How beautiful you are!
Your beyes are like doves cbehind your veil;
Your dhair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount eGilead.
2 “Your ateeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has 1lost her young.
3 “Your lips are like a ascarlet thread,
And your bmouth is lovely.
Your ctemples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
4 “Your aneck is like the tower of David,
Built 1with rows of stones
On which are bhung a thousand shields,
All the round cshields of the mighty men.
5 “Your atwo breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which bfeed among the lilies.
6 “aUntil 1the cool of the day
When the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of bmyrrh
And to the hill of bfrankincense.
7 “aYou are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And there is no blemish in you.
8 “Come with me from aLebanon, my bbride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
1Journey down from the summit of cAmana,
From the summit of dSenir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.
9 “You have made my heart beat faster, amy sister, my bride;
You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes,
With a single strand of your bnecklace.
10 “aHow beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much bbetter is your love than wine,
And the cfragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of 1spices!
11 “Your lips, my bride, adrip bhoney;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the cfragrance of Lebanon.
12 “A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A 1rock garden locked, a aspring bsealed up.
13 “Your shoots are an 1aorchard of bpomegranates
With cchoice fruits, dhenna with nard plants,
14 aNard and saffron, calamus and bcinnamon,
With all the trees of cfrankincense,
dMyrrh and aloes, along with all the finest 1spices.
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”
16 “1Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my agarden breathe out fragrance,
Let its 2spices 3be wafted abroad.
May bmy beloved come into his garden
And eat its cchoice fruits!”