Cantares 3
Traducción en lenguaje actual
3 En la oscuridad de la noche
busco al amor de mi vida.
En la soledad de mi cuarto
lo busco y no lo encuentro.
2 Me levanto,
recorro la ciudad,
voy por calles y mercados,
buscando al amor de mi vida.
Lo busco y no lo encuentro.
3 Me topo con los guardias,
con los que vigilan la ciudad,
y les pregunto si han visto
al amor de mi vida.
4 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
5 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
6 ¡Algo viene por el desierto!
¿Qué podrá ser?
Parece una columna de humo
que avanza entre aromas
de flores, incienso y perfumes.
7 ¡Pero si es Salomón,
y viene en su carruaje real!
Lo escoltan sesenta valientes,
¡los mejores soldados de Israel!
8 Armados con espadas,
son maestros en el combate;
todos llevan la espada lista
por causa de los peligros
que presenta la noche.
9 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!
Song of Solomon 3
New King James Version
A Troubled Night
The Shulamite
3 By (A)night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 “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.
3 (B)The watchmen who go about the city found me;
I said,
“Have you seen the one I love?”
4 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.
5 (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
6 (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?
7 Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.
8 They all hold swords,
Being expert in war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.
9 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
- Song of Solomon 3:4 room
- Song of Solomon 3:5 adjure
- Song of Solomon 3:9 A portable enclosed chair
Song of Solomon 3
English Standard Version
The Bride's Dream
3 On my bed (A)by night
I sought (B)him whom my soul loves;
(C)I sought him, but found him not.
2 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.
3 (F)The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city.
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4 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.
5 (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
6 (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?
7 Behold, it is the litter[a] of Solomon!
Around it are (Q)sixty (R)mighty men,
some of the mighty men of Israel,
8 all of them wearing swords
and expert in war,
each with his (S)sword at his thigh,
against (T)terror by night.
9 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
- Song of Solomon 3:7 That is, the couch on which servants carry a king
- Song of Solomon 3:9 Or sedan chair
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