Canticle of Canticles 3

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	Biblia Sagrada
1 Upon my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.	1 En mi lecho, por la noche, | buscaba al amor de mi alma; | lo buscaba, y no lo encontraba.
2 "I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves." I sought him, but found him not.	2 «Me levantaré y rondaré por la ciudad, | por las calles y las plazas, | buscaré al amor de mi alma». | Lo busqué y no lo encontré.
3 The watchmen found me, as they went about in the city. " Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"	3 Me encontraron los centinelas | que hacen la ronda por la ciudad. | —«¿Habéis visto al amor de mi alma?».
4 Scarcely had I passed them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.	4 En cuanto los hube pasado, | encontré al amor de mi alma. | Lo abracé y no lo solté, | hasta meterlo en mi casa materna, | en la alcoba de la que me concibió.
5 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the hinds of the field, that you stir not up nor awaken love until it please.	5 Os conjuro, muchachas de Jerusalén, | por las gacelas y las ciervas del campo, | que no despertéis ni desveléis a la amada | hasta que ella quiera.
6 What is that coming up from the wilderness, like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?	6 ¿Quién es esta que sube del desierto, | como columna de humo, | perfumada con mirra y olíbano, | con tantos aromas exóticos?
7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! About it are sixty mighty men of the mighty men of Israel,	7 ¡Mira: la litera de la Sulamita! | Sesenta valientes la escoltan, | de los más valientes de Israel.
8 all girt with swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against alarms by night.	8 Todos ellos empuñan la espada, | son adiestrados guerreros: | cada uno con la espada al flanco, | contra las emboscadas nocturnas.
9 King Solomon made himself a palanquin from the wood of Lebanon.	9 El rey Salomón | se ha hecho un palanquín | con maderas del Líbano:
10 He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; it was lovingly wrought within by the daughters of Jerusalem.	10 hizo de plata sus columnas, | de oro su respaldo, | de púrpura su asiento; | recamado de marfil en su interior.
11 Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.	11 Muchachas de Jerusalén, salid; | contemplad, muchachas de Sión, | al rey Salomón con la corona | que le ciñó su madre, | el día de su boda, | día de fiesta en su corazón.