Canticle of Canticles 3

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	VULGATA
1 On my bed at night I sought him	1 In lectulo meo, per noctes, quæsivi quem diligit anima mea : quæsivi illum, et non inveni.
2 I will rise then and go about the city;	2 Surgam, et circuibo civitatem : per vicos et plateas quæram quem diligit anima mea : quæsivi illum, et non inveni.
3 The watchmen came upon me	3 Invenerunt me vigiles qui custodiunt civitatem : Num quem diligit anima mea vidistis ?
4 I had hardly left them	4 Paululum cum pertransissem eos, inveni quem diligit anima mea : tenui eum, nec dimittam, donec introducam illum in domum matris meæ, et in cubiculum genetricis meæ.
5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,	5 (Sponsus)Adjuro vos, filiæ Jerusalem, per capreas cervosque camporum, ne suscitetis, neque evigilare faciatis dilectam, donec ipsa velit.
6 What is this coming up from the desert,	6 (Chorus)Quæ est ista quæ ascendit per desertum sicut virgula fumi ex aromatibus myrrhæ, et thuris, et universi pulveris pigmentarii ?
7 Ah, it is the litter of Solomon;	7 En lectulum Salomonis sexaginta fortes ambiunt ex fortissimis Israël,
8 All of them expert with the sword,	8 omnes tenentes gladios, et ad bella doctissimi : uniuscujusque ensis super femur suum propter timores nocturnos.
9 King Solomon made himself a carriage	9 Ferculum fecit sibi rex Salomon de lignis Libani ;
10 He made its columns of silver,	10 columnas ejus fecit argenteas, reclinatorium aureum, ascensum purpureum ; media caritate constravit, propter filias Jerusalem.
11 Daughters of Jerusalem, come forth	11 Egredimini et videte, filiæ Sion, regem Salomonem in diademate quo coronavit illum mater sua in die desponsationis illius, et in die lætitiæ cordis ejus.