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Sa gabi, habang akoʼy nakahiga, nananabik ako sa aking minamahal. Hinahanap-hanap ko siya, subalit hindi makita. Kaya bumangon akoʼt nilibot ang lungsod, mga lansangan, at mga liwasan. Hinanap ko ang aking mahal, pero hindi ko siya makita. Nakita ako ng mga guwardya na naglilibot sa lungsod. Tinanong ko sila, “Nakita ba ninyo ang mahal ko?”

Hindi pa man ako nakakalayo sa kanila, nakita ko ang mahal ko. Hinawakan ko siya ng buong higpit at hindi binitiwan hanggang nadala ko siya sa bahay ng aking ina, doon sa silid kung saan ako nabuo. Kayong mga dalaga ng Jerusalem, mangako kayo sa pamamagitan ng mga batang usa at gasela, na hindi ninyo hahayaang ang pag-ibig ay umusbong hanggaʼt hindi pa dumarating ang tamang panahon.

Mga Babae ng Jerusalem

Sino kaya itong dumarating mula sa ilang na tila makapal na usok na amoy mira at insensong itinitinda ng mangangalakal? Tingnan ninyo! Iyan ang karwahe ni Solomon na napapalibutan ng 60 pinakamagagaling na kawal ng Israel. Lahat silaʼy mayroong espada at bihasa sa pakikipaglaban. Laging handa kahit sa gabi man sumalakay. Ang karwaheng iyon na ipinagawa ni Haring Solomon ay yari sa kahoy na galing sa Lebanon. 10 Nababalot sa pilak ang haligi nito at palamuting ginto ang tumatakip dito. Ang kutson ng upuan ay binalot sa telang kulay ube at mga babaeng taga-Jerusalem ang nagpaganda ng loob ng karwahe.

Babae

11 Lumabas kayo, kayong mga dalaga ng Jerusalem,[a] at tingnan ninyo si Haring Solomon na may korona. Ipinutong ito sa kanya ng kanyang ina sa araw ng kanyang kasal – ang araw na buong puso niyang ikinagalak.

Footnotes

  1. 3:11 Jerusalem: sa Hebreo, Zion.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: 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.

I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

The Bride's Dream

On my bed (A)by night
I sought (B)him whom my soul loves;
    (C)I sought him, but found him not.
I will rise now and go about the city,
    in (D)the streets and in the squares;
I will seek (E)him whom my soul loves.
    I sought him, but found him not.
(F)The watchmen found me
    as they went about in the city.
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found (G)him whom my soul loves.
I (H)held him, and would not let him go
    until I had (I)brought him into my mother's house,
    and into the chamber of (J)her who conceived me.
(K)I adjure you, (L)O daughters of Jerusalem,
    (M)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

Solomon Arrives for the Wedding

(N)What is that coming up from the wilderness
    like (O)columns of smoke,
perfumed with (P)myrrh and frankincense,
    with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
Behold, it is the litter[a] of Solomon!
Around it are (Q)sixty (R)mighty men,
    some of the mighty men of Israel,
all of them wearing swords
    and expert in war,
each with his (S)sword at his thigh,
    against (T)terror by night.
King Solomon made himself a carriage[b]
    from the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made its posts of silver,
    its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
    by (U)the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go out, O (V)daughters of Zion,
    and look upon King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
    on (W)the day of his wedding,
    on the day of the gladness of his heart.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 3:7 That is, the couch on which servants carry a king
  2. Song of Solomon 3:9 Or sedan chair

A Troubled Night

The Shulamite

By (A)night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
“I will rise now,” I said,
“And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
I sought him, but I did not find him.
(B)The watchmen who go about the city found me;
I said,
“Have you seen the one I love?”

Scarcely had I passed by them,
When I found the one I love.
I held him and would not let him go,
Until I had brought him to the (C)house of my mother,
And into the [a]chamber of her who conceived me.

(D)I [b]charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

The Coming of Solomon

The Shulamite

(E)Who is this coming out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.
They all hold swords,
Being expert in war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.

Of the wood of Lebanon
Solomon the King
Made himself a [c]palanquin:
10 He made its pillars of silver,
Its support of gold,
Its seat of purple,
Its interior paved with love
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And see King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
The day of the gladness of his heart.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 3:4 room
  2. Song of Solomon 3:5 adjure
  3. Song of Solomon 3:9 A portable enclosed chair