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.
8 Each of them wears a sword.They are experts at fighting,even in the dark.
9 The throne is made of treesfrom Lebanon.