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All night long on my bed
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.
A Troubled Night
The Shulamite
By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
The Shulamite
By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
I 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.
through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but did not find him.
“I will rise now,” I said,
“And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
I sought him, but I did not find him.
“And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
I sought him, but I did not find him.
The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
“Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
as they made their rounds in the city.
“Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
The watchmen who go about the city found me;
I said,
“Have you seen the one I love?”
I said,
“Have you seen the one I love?”
Scarcely 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.
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.
Daughters 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.
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
Who 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?
like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and incense
made from all the spices of the merchant?
The Coming of Solomon
The Shulamite
Who is this coming out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
The Shulamite
Who is this coming out of the wilderness
Like pillars of smoke,
Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
escorted by sixty warriors,
the noblest of Israel,
escorted by sixty warriors,
the noblest of Israel,
Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.
With sixty valiant men around it,
Of the valiant of Israel.
all of them wearing the sword,
all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
prepared for the terrors of the night.
all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
prepared for the terrors of the night.
They all hold swords,
Being expert in war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.
Being expert in war.
Every man has his sword on his thigh
Because of fear in the night.
King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
he made it of wood from Lebanon.
he made it of wood from Lebanon.
Its posts he made of silver,
its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem,
its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem,
He made its pillars of silver,
Its support of gold,
Its seat of purple,
Its interior paved with love
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Its support of gold,
Its seat of purple,
Its interior paved with love
By the daughters of Jerusalem.
Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
And see King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
The day of the gladness of his heart.
And see King Solomon with the crown
With which his mother crowned him
On the day of his wedding,
The day of the gladness of his heart.