Canticle of Canticles 3

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