4 Scarcely had I passed them bywhen I found my beloved!I held onto him tightly and would not let him gountil I brought him to my mother’s house,to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me.
5 I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem,by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields:“Do not awake or arouse love until it pleases!”
6 Who is this coming up from the desertlike a column of smoke,like a fragrant billow of myrrh and frankincense,every kind of fragrant powder of the traveling merchants?
7 Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch!It is surrounded by sixty warriors,some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.
8 All of them are skilled with a sword,well-trained in the art of warfare.Each has his sword at his side,to guard against the terrors of the night.
9 King Solomon made a sedan chair for himselfof wood imported from Lebanon.
10 Its posts were made of silver;its back was made of gold.Its seat was upholstered with purple wool;its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem.