1 While in bed at night,I reached for the one I lovewith heart and soul.I looked for him,but he wasn't there.
2 So I searched through the townfor the one I love.I looked in every street,but he wasn't there.
3 I even asked the guardspatrolling the town,“Have you seen the oneI love so much?”
4 Straight after that, I found him.I held him and would not let gountil I had taken himto the home of my mother.
5 Young women of Jerusalem,promise me by the powerof deer and gazelles,never to awaken lovebefore it is ready.
6 What do we see approachingfrom the desertlike a cloud of smoke?With it comes the sweet smellof spices, including myrrhand frankincense.
7 It is King Solomoncarried on a throne,surrounded by sixtyof Israel's best soldiers.