Canticle of Canticles 3

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 On my bed at night I sought him	1 On my bed at night I sought the man who is my sweetheart: I sought but could not find him!
2 I will rise then and go about the city;	2 So I shal get up and go through the city; in the streets and in the squares, I shall seek my sweetheart. Isought but could not find him!
3 The watchmen came upon me	3 I came upon the watchmen -- those who go on their rounds in the city: 'Have you seen my sweetheart?'
4 I had hardly left them	4 Barely had I passed them when I found my sweetheart. I caught him, would not let him go, not til I hadbrought him to my mother's house, to the room where she conceived me!
5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,	5 LOVER: I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by gazel es and wild does, do not rouse, do not wake mybeloved before she pleases.
6 What is this coming up from the desert,	6 POET: What is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, breathing of myrrh andfrankincense and every exotic perfume?
7 Ah, it is the litter of Solomon;	7 Here comes Solomon's litter. Around it are sixty champions, the flower of the warriors of Israel;
8 All of them expert with the sword,	8 al of them skil ed swordsmen, expert in war. Each man has his sword at his side, against alarms bynight.
9 King Solomon made himself a carriage	9 King Solomon has had a palanquin made of wood from Lebanon.
10 He made its columns of silver,	10 He has had the posts made of silver, the canopy of gold, the seat of purple; the centre is inlaid withebony.
11 Daughters of Jerusalem, come forth	11 Daughters of Zion, come and see King Solomon, wearing the diadem with which his mother crownedhim on his wedding day, on the day of his heart's joy.