Canticum Canticorum 3

NOVA VULGATA	NEW JERUSALEM
1 In lectulo meo per noctes quaesivi, quem diligit anima mea; quaesivi illum et non inveni.	1 On my bed at night I sought the man who is my sweetheart: I sought but could not find him!
2 “ Surgam et circuibo civitatem; per vicos et plateas quaeram, quem diligit anima mea”. Quaesivi illum et non inveni.	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 Invenerunt me vigiles, qui circumeunt civitatem: “ Num, quem diligit anima mea, vidistis? ”.	3 I came upon the watchmen -- those who go on their rounds in the city: 'Have you seen my sweetheart?'
4 Paululum cum pertransissem eos, inveni, quem diligit anima mea; tenui eum nec dimittam, donec introducam illum in domum matris meae et in cubiculum genetricis meae.	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 Adiuro vos, filiae Ierusalem, per capreas cervasque camporum, ne suscitetis neque evigilare faciatis dilectam, donec ipsa velit.	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 Quid hoc, quod ascendit per desertum sicut virgula fumi, aromatizans tus et myrrham et universum pulverem pigmentarii?	6 POET: What is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, breathing of myrrh andfrankincense and every exotic perfume?
7 En lectulum Salomonis. Sexaginta fortes ambiunt illum ex fortissimis Israel,	7 Here comes Solomon's litter. Around it are sixty champions, the flower of the warriors of Israel;
8 omnes tenentes gladios et ad bella doctissimi, uniuscuiusque ensis super femur suum propter timores nocturnos.	8 al of them skil ed swordsmen, expert in war. Each man has his sword at his side, against alarms bynight.
9 Ferculum fecit sibi rex Salomon de lignis Libani;	9 King Solomon has had a palanquin made of wood from Lebanon.
10 columnas eius fecit argenteas, reclinatorium aureum, sedile purpureum: medium eius stratum ebeneum. Filiae Ierusalem,	10 He has had the posts made of silver, the canopy of gold, the seat of purple; the centre is inlaid withebony.
11 egredimini et videte, filiae Sion, regem Salomonem in diademate, quo coronavit illum mater sua in die desponsationis illius et in die laetitiae cordis eius.	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.