| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New Living Translation |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover. I yearned for him, but he did not come. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city, searching in all its streets and squares. I will search for the one I love.” So I searched everywhere but did not find him. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The watchmen stopped me as they made their rounds, and I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?” |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Then scarcely had I left them when I found my love! I caught and held him tightly, then I brought him to my mother’s house, into my mother’s bed, where I had been conceived. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right. Young Women of Jerusalem |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Who is this sweeping in from the wilderness like a cloud of smoke? Who is it, fragrant with myrrh and frankincense and every kind of spice? |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Look, it is Solomon’s carriage, surrounded by sixty heroic men, the best of Israel’s soldiers. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8They are all skilled swordsmen, experienced warriors. Each wears a sword on his thigh, ready to defend the king against an attack in the night. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9King Solomon’s carriage is built of wood imported from Lebanon. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Its posts are silver, its canopy gold; its cushions are purple. It was decorated with love by the young women of Jerusalem. Young Woman |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Come out to see King Solomon, young women of Jerusalem. He wears the crown his mother gave him on his wedding day, his most joyous day. |
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