Song of Solomon 3

1She says, At night on my bed, I look for the man I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him.

2She said, I will get up now! I will go around the city. In the streets and squares, I will look for the man I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him.

3The guards patrolling the city found me. I asked them, Have you seen the man I love?

4I had just left the guards when I found the man I love! I held him and would not let him go, while I took him to my mother’s house, to the room of one who bore me.

5She said, Women of Jerusalem, promise me by the gazelles and wild deer, don’t awaken love, don’t arouse love, until he is ready.

6The Women of Jerusalem say, Who is that woman who come out of the desert like a cloud of smoke? I can smell the lovely myrrh and incense and the perfumes that come from the merchants.

7Look, Solomon’s traveling chair. There are 60 soldiers guarding it, strong soldiers of Israel.

8All of them are trained fighting men with their swords at their side, ready for any danger of the night.

9King Solomon made a traveling chair for himself. The wood came from Lebanon.

10The poles were made from silver, and the supports were made from gold. The seat was covered with purple cloth. It was inlaid with love by the women of Jerusalem.

11Women of Zion, come out and see King Solomon. See the crown his mother put on him the day he was married, the day he was so happy!