3 The watchmen who go about the city found me, to whom I said, “Have you seen the beloved of my being?”
4 Scarcely had I passed by them, When I found the beloved of my being. I held him and would not let him go, Until I had brought him to the house of my mother, And into the room of her who conceived me.
5 I have put you under oath, O daughters of Yerushalayim, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love until it pleases.
6 Who is this coming out of the wilderness Like columns of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, From all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
7 See, it is Shelomoh’s couch – Sixty mighty men are around it, Of the mighty men of Yisra’ĕl,
8 All of them holding swords, Skilled in battle, Each one has his sword on his thigh Because of fear in the night.
9 Sovereign Shelomoh made himself A litter of the wood of Leḇanon;