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En la oscuridad de la noche
busco al amor de mi vida.
En la soledad de mi cuarto
lo busco y no lo encuentro.
Me levanto,
recorro la ciudad,
voy por calles y mercados,
buscando al amor de mi vida.
Lo busco y no lo encuentro.

Me topo con los guardias,
con los que vigilan la ciudad,
y les pregunto si han visto
al amor de mi vida.
Apenas los dejo,
encuentro al amor de mi vida.
Lo abrazo,
no lo suelto,
lo llevo a mi casa,
¡lo hago entrar
en la habitación donde nací!

El novio

Mujeres de Jerusalén,
quiero que me prometan,
por las gacelas y venaditas
que corren por el bosque,
que no molestarán a mi amada
ni la despertarán de su sueño de amor
hasta que ella sola se despierte.

Tercer canto

Los amigos

¡Algo viene por el desierto!
¿Qué podrá ser?
Parece una columna de humo
que avanza entre aromas
de flores, incienso y perfumes.

¡Pero si es Salomón,
y viene en su carruaje real!
Lo escoltan sesenta valientes,
¡los mejores soldados de Israel!
Armados con espadas,
son maestros en el combate;
todos llevan la espada lista
por causa de los peligros
que presenta la noche.

Este carruaje fue hecho
con finas maderas del Líbano.
Salomón mismo lo mandó hacer.
10 Ordenó que le pusieran
columnas de plata,
soportes de oro,
y un asiento de tela púrpura.
Las mujeres de Jerusalén
decoraron su interior
con gran delicadeza.

11 ¡Salgan, mujeres de Jerusalén!
¡Vengan a ver al rey Salomón!
Lleva puesta la corona
que su propia madre le hizo
para el día de su boda,
¡para el día más feliz de su vida!

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.

Love’s Dream

Upon my bed by night
I sought him whom my soul loves;
I sought him, but found him not;
    I called him, but he gave no answer.[a]
“I will rise now and go about the city,
    in the streets and in the squares;
I will seek him whom my soul loves.”
    I sought him, but found him not.
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 him whom my soul loves.
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 adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
    by the gazelles or the hinds of the field,
that you stir not up nor awaken love
    until it please.

The Groom and His Party Approach

What is that coming up from the wilderness,
    like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
    with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
Behold, it is the litter of Solomon!
About it are sixty mighty men
    of the mighty men of Israel,
all girt with swords
    and expert in war,
each with his sword at his thigh,
    against alarms by night.
King Solomon made himself a palanquin
    from the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made its posts of silver,
    its back of gold, its seat of purple;
it was lovingly wrought within[b]
    by the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
    and behold King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
    on the day of his wedding,
    on the day of the gladness of his heart.

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 3:1 Gk: Heb lacks this line
  2. Song of Solomon 3:10 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

All night long on my bed
    I looked(A) for the one my heart loves;
    I looked for him but did not find him.
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.
The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.(B)
    “Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
    till I had brought him to my mother’s house,(C)
    to the room of the one who conceived me.(D)
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(E)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(F)

Who is this coming up from the wilderness(G)
    like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh(H) and incense
    made from all the spices(I) of the merchant?
Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
    escorted by sixty warriors,(J)
    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.(K)
King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
    he made it of wood from Lebanon.
10 Its posts he made of silver,
    its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
    its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem, 11 come out,
    and look, you daughters of Zion.(L)
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.(M)

Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 3:11 Or interior lovingly inlaid / by the daughters of Jerusalem. / 11 Come out, you daughters of Zion, / and look