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
Cantares 3
Palabra de Dios para Todos
3 De noche en mi cama busqué a mi amado.
¡Lo buscaba pero no podía encontrarlo!
2 Pensé: «¡Me levantaré!
¡Recorreré la ciudad!
Por las calles y las plazas
buscaré al amor de mi vida».
¡Lo busqué,
pero no pude encontrarlo!
3 Encontré a los guardias que hacen la ronda por la ciudad
y les pregunté si habían visto a mi amado.
4 Apenas dejé de hablar con ellos,
¡encontré al amor de mi vida!
Lo abracé y no lo solté
hasta que llegamos a la casa de mi mamá,[a]
a la habitación de la que me engendró.
Canta el amado
5 Mujeres de Jerusalén,
júrenme por las gacelas y ciervos del campo
que no molestarán ni despertarán al amor
hasta que sea el momento indicado.[b]
Canta el coro
6 ¿Quién es esa mujer que sube del desierto[c]
dejando a su paso una nube de humo
perfumada con incienso y mirra
y de toda clase de perfumes importados[d]?
7 ¡Miren! Es el carruaje[e] de Salomón,
escoltado por 60 guerreros,
de los más valientes de Israel.
8 Todos ellos son soldados experimentados,
muy hábiles con la espada.
Llevan espadas para protegerse
de los peligros de la noche.
9 El rey Salomón se hizo su carruaje
con madera fina del Líbano.
10 Sus columnas las hizo de plata,
la cobertura de hilo dorado,
el asiento de púrpura.
Su interior está decorado con motivos de amor.
11 Mujeres de Sion, salgan
y vean al rey Salomón.
Vean la corona[f] que su mamá le colocó el día de su boda,
cuando su corazón saltaba de alegría.
Footnotes
- 3:4 casa de mi mamá La casa de la mamá era generalmente el lugar donde se pasaba la noche de bodas y está relacionada con la boda en general porque era ella la que arreglaba el casamiento. Ver Gn 24:67 y Rt 1:8-9.
- 3:5 hasta que […] indicado Textualmente hasta que el amor lo desee.
- 3:6 Quién es […] del desierto Ver 8:5.
- 3:6 perfumes importados Textualmente polvos de mercaderes.
- 3:7 carruaje Textualmente litera.
- 3:11 corona Esto podía ser una corona de flores que se colocaba el novio el día de la boda.
Song of Songs 3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Love’s Dream
3 Upon my bed at night
I sought him whom my soul loves;
I sought him but found him not;
I called him, but he gave no answer.[a](A)
2 “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.(B)
3 The sentinels found me,
as they went about in the city.
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”(C)
4 Scarcely had I passed them,
when I found him whom my soul loves.
I held him and would not let him go
until I brought him into my mother’s house
and into the chamber of her that conceived me.(D)
5 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the wild does:
do not stir up or awaken love
until it is ready!(E)
The Young Man and His Party Approach
6 Who 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?(F)
7 Look, it is the litter of Solomon!
Around it are sixty mighty men
of the mighty men of Israel,
8 all equipped with swords
and expert in war,
each with his sword at his thigh
because of alarms by night.(G)
9 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;
its interior was inlaid with stone.
Daughters[b] of Jerusalem,(H)
11 come out and look[c]
at King Solomon,
at the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
on the day of the gladness of his heart.
Song of Solomon 3
King James Version
3 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2 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.
3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
4 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.
5 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.
6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
8 They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
9 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.
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