3 All night long on my bed
    I looked^(A) for the one my heart loves;
    I looked for him but did not find him.
² I will get up now and go about the city,
    through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
    So I looked for him but did not find him.

⁶ Who is this coming up from the wilderness^(A)
    like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh^(B) and incense
    made from all the spices^(C) of the merchant?
⁷ Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
    escorted by sixty warriors,^(D)
    the noblest of Israel,
⁸ all of them wearing the sword,
    all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
    prepared for the terrors of the night.^(E)

¹¹ come out,
    and look, you daughters of Zion.^(A)
Look^[a] on King Solomon wearing a crown,
    the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
    the day his heart rejoiced.^(B)