By night on my bed
I sought
him whom my soul
loveth
: I sought
him, but I found
him not.
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.
The watchmen that go about
the city
found
me: to whom I said , Saw
ye him whom my soul
loveth
?
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.
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
.
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness
like pillars
of smoke
, perfumed
with myrrh
and frankincense
, with all powders
of the merchant
?
Behold his bed, which is Solomon's
; threescore
valiant
men are about
it, of the valiant
of Israel
.
They all hold swords
, being expert
in war
: every man
hath his sword
upon his thigh
because of fear
in the night
.
King Solomon
made
himself a chariot
of the wood
of Lebanon
.
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
.
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
.