2 I will get up now, and go about the city;in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves.I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
3 The watchmen who go about the city found me;“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4 I had scarcely passed from them,when I found him whom my soul loves.I held him, and would not let him go,until I had brought him into my mother’s house,into the room of her who conceived me.
5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,by the roes, or by the hinds of the field,that you not stir up, nor awaken love,until it so desires.
6 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke,perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,with all spices of the merchant?
7 Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage!Sixty mighty men are around it,of the mighty men of Israel.
8 They all handle the sword, and are expert in war.Every man has his sword on his thigh,because of fear in the night.