MLV(i)
1 I sought he whom my soul loves by night on my bed. I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 I said, I will rise now and go around the city. I will seek he whom my soul loves in the streets and in the broad ways. I sought him, but I did not find him.
3 The watchmen who go about the city found me. I said, Did you* see he whom my soul loves?
4 It was but a little that I passed from them when I found he whom my soul loves. 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 who conceived me.
5 I swear to you*, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the female-deers of the field, that you* do not stir up, nor awake love, until it please.
6 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? 7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel. 8 They all handle the sword and are expert in war. Every man has his sword upon his thigh, because of fear in the night.
9 King Solomon made himself a palanquin of the wood of Lebanon. 10 He made the pillars of it from silver, the bottom of it from gold, the seat of it from purple, the midst of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go forth, O you* daughters of Zion and behold king Solomon with the crown with which his mother has crowned him in the day of his espousals and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
4 It was but a little that I passed from them when I found he whom my soul loves. 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 who conceived me.
5 I swear to you*, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the female-deers of the field, that you* do not stir up, nor awake love, until it please.
6 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? 7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel. 8 They all handle the sword and are expert in war. Every man has his sword upon his thigh, because of fear in the night.
9 King Solomon made himself a palanquin of the wood of Lebanon. 10 He made the pillars of it from silver, the bottom of it from gold, the seat of it from purple, the midst of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go forth, O you* daughters of Zion and behold king Solomon with the crown with which his mother has crowned him in the day of his espousals and in the day of the gladness of his heart.