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Dumarating si Solomon, sa trono niya'y nakaupo,
    ang kasamang mga bantay ay mayroong animnapu,
    pangunahing mga kawal, matatapang, matipuno.
Bawat isa ay may tabak at bihasa sa digmaan,
    nagbabantay kahit gabi, nakahanda sa paglaban.
Ang magandang trono nitong haring si Solomon,
    pawang yari sa piling kahoy ng Lebanon.

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Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
    escorted by sixty warriors,(A)
    the noblest of Israel,
all of them wearing the sword,
    all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
    prepared for the terrors of the night.(B)
King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
    he made it of wood from Lebanon.

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