2 I got up and went around the city,in the streets and squares,looking for the one I love.I looked for him, but I could not find him.
3 The watchmen found me as they patrolled the city,so I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”
4 As soon as I had left them,I found the one I love.I held him and would not let him gountil I brought him to my mother’s house,to the room where I was born.
5 Women of Jerusalem, promise meby the gazelles and the deernot to awakenor excite my feelings of loveuntil it is ready.
6 Who is this coming out of the desertlike a cloud of smoke?Who is this that smells like myrrh, incense,and other spices?
7 Look, it’s Solomon’s couchwith sixty soldiers around it,the finest soldiers of Israel.
8 These soldiers all carry swordsand have been trained in war.Every man wears a sword at his sideand is ready for the dangers of the night.