Canticle of Canticles 3

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 On my bed at night I sought the man who is my sweetheart: I sought but could not find him!	1 Bride: "On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find 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 up, and I will circle through the city. Through the side streets and thoroughfares, I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him."
3 I came upon the watchmen -- those who go on their rounds in the city: 'Have you seen my sweetheart?'	3 "The watchers who guard the city found me: “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”"
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 "When I had passed by them a little, I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not release him, until I would bring him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her who bore me."
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 Groom to Chorus: "I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, until she wills."
6 POET: What is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, breathing of myrrh andfrankincense and every exotic perfume?	6 Chorus to Groom: "Who is she, who ascends through the desert, like a staff of smoke from the aromatics of myrrh, and frankincense, and every powder of the perfumer?"
7 Here comes Solomon's litter. Around it are sixty champions, the flower of the warriors of Israel;	7 Chorus to Bride: "Lo, sixty strong ones, out of all the strongest in Israel, stand watch at the bed 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 holding swords and well-trained in warfare, each one’s weapon upon his thigh, because of fears in the night."
9 King Solomon has had a palanquin made of wood from Lebanon.	9 Bride to Chorus: "King Solomon made himself a portable throne from the wood of Lebanon."
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, the reclining place of gold, the ascent of purple; the middle he covered well, out of charity for the daughters of Jerusalem."
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 "O daughters of Zion, go forth and see king Solomon with the diadem with which his mother crowned him, on the day of his espousal, on the day of the rejoicing of his heart."