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| 1Night after night on my bed, I sought the one I love; I sought him, but didn't find him. | 1All night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves; I looked for him but did not find him. |
| 2I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him. | 2I 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. |
| 3The watchmen who go all around the city found me. I asked, "Have you seen the one I love?" | 3The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. "Have you seen the one my heart loves?" |
| 4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me. | 4Scarcely 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, to the room of the one who conceived me. |
| 5Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you won't awaken or arouse love before its proper time! | 5Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. |
| 6What is this coming up from the desert like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense from all the fragrant powders of the merchant? | 6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant? |
| 7Look! It's Solomon's sedan chair, with 60 of the best soldiers in Israel surrounding it. | 7Look! It is Solomon's carriage, escorted by sixty warriors, the noblest of Israel, |
| 8All of them are wearing swords and are experienced in battle. Each has his sword on his thigh, ready for the terror of the night. | 8all of them wearing the sword, all experienced in battle, each with his sword at his side, prepared for the terrors of the night. |
| 9King Solomon made the sedan chair for himself from the trees of Lebanon. | 9King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of wood from Lebanon. |
| 10He made its posts of silver, its back of gold. Its seat was purple, and its interior was lovingly inlaid by the young women of Jerusalem. | 10Its posts he made of silver, its base of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple, its interior inlaid with love. Daughters of Jerusalem, |
| 11Come out, young women of Zion, and see King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day— his day of great delight. | 11come out, and look, you daughters of Zion. Look 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. |
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