1
By night[H3915] on my bed[H4904] I sought[H1245] him whom my soul[H5315]loveth[H157]: I sought[H1245] him, but I found[H4672] him not.
2
I will rise[H6965] now, and go about[H5437] the city[H5892] in the streets[H7784], and in the broad ways[H7339] I will seek[H1245] him whom my soul[H5315]loveth[H157]: I sought[H1245] him, but I found[H4672] him not.
3
The watchmen[H8104] that go about[H5437] the city[H5892]found[H4672] me: to whom I said, Saw[H7200] ye him whom my soul[H5315]loveth?[H157]
4
It was but a little[H4592] that I passed[H5674] from them, but I found[H4672] him whom my soul[H5315]loveth[H157]: I held[H270] him, and would not let him go[H7503], until I had brought[H935] him into my mother's house[H1004], and into the chamber[H2315] of her that conceived[H2029] me.
5
I charge[H7650] you, O ye daughters[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389], by the roes[H6643], and[H176] by the hinds[H355] of the field[H7704], that ye stir not up[H5782], nor awake[H5782] my love[H160], till he please[H2654].
6
Who is this that cometh[H5927] out of the wilderness[H4057] like pillars[H8490] of smoke[H6227], perfumed[H6999] with myrrh[H4753] and frankincense[H3828], with all powders[H81] of the merchant?[H7402]
7
Behold his bed[H4296], which is Solomon's; threescore[H8346]valiant[H1368] men are about[H5439] it, of the valiant[H1368] of Israel[H3478].
8
They all hold[H270]swords[H2719], being expert[H3925] in war[H4421]: every man[H376] hath his sword[H2719] upon his thigh[H3409] because of fear[H6343] in the night[H3915].
9King[H4428]Solomon[H8010]made[H6213] himself a chariot[H668] of the wood[H6086] of Lebanon[H3844].
10
He made[H6213] the pillars[H5982] thereof of silver[H3701], the bottom[H7507] thereof of gold[H2091], the covering[H4817] of it of purple[H713], the midst[H8432] thereof being paved[H7528] with love[H160], for the daughters[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389].
11
Go forth[H3318], O ye daughters[H1323] of Zion[H6726], and behold[H7200]king[H4428]Solomon[H8010] with the crown[H5850] wherewith his mother[H517]crowned[H5849] him in the day[H3117] of his espousals[H2861], and in the day[H3117] of the gladness[H8057] of his heart[H3820].