1All night long on my bed
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.
2I will get up now and go about the city,
through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but did not find him.
3The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
‘Have you seen the one my heart loves?’
4Scarcely had I passed them
when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
till I had brought him to my mother’s house,
to the room of the one who conceived me.
5Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
6Who is this coming up from the wilderness
like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and incense
made from all the spices of the merchant?
7Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
escorted by sixty warriors,
the noblest of Israel,
8all of them wearing the sword,
all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
prepared for the terrors of the night.
9King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
he made it of wood from Lebanon.
10Its posts he made of silver,
its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem, 11come out,
and look, you daughters of Zion.
Look3:10,11 Or interior lovingly inlaid / by the daughters of Jerusalem. / 11 Come out, you daughters of Zion, / and look on King Solomon wearing a crown,
the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
the day his heart rejoiced.
1Sa gabi, habang akoʼy nakahiga, nananabik ako sa aking minamahal. Hinahanap-hanap ko siya, subalit hindi makita. 2Kaya bumangon akoʼt nilibot ang lungsod, mga lansangan, at mga liwasan. Hinanap ko ang aking mahal, pero hindi ko siya makita. 3Nakita ako ng mga guwardya na naglilibot sa lungsod. Tinanong ko sila, “Nakita ba ninyo ang mahal ko?”
4Hindi pa man ako nakakalayo sa kanila, nakita ko ang mahal ko. Hinawakan ko siya ng buong higpit at hindi binitiwan hanggang nadala ko siya sa bahay ng aking ina, doon sa silid kung saan ako nabuo. 5Kayong mga dalaga ng Jerusalem, mangako kayo sa pamamagitan ng mga batang usa at gasela, na hindi ninyo hahayaang ang pag-ibig ay umusbong hanggaʼt hindi pa dumarating ang tamang panahon.
Mga Babae ng Jerusalem
6Sino kaya itong dumarating mula sa ilang na tila makapal na usok na amoy mira at insensong itinitinda ng mangangalakal? 7Tingnan ninyo! Iyan ang karwahe ni Solomon na napapalibutan ng 60 pinakamagagaling na kawal ng Israel. 8Lahat silaʼy mayroong espada at bihasa sa pakikipaglaban. Laging handa kahit sa gabi man sumalakay. 9Ang karwaheng iyon na ipinagawa ni Haring Solomon ay yari sa kahoy na galing sa Lebanon. 10Nababalot sa pilak ang haligi nito at palamuting ginto ang tumatakip dito. Ang kutson ng upuan ay binalot sa telang kulay ube at mga babaeng taga-Jerusalem ang nagpaganda ng loob ng karwahe.
Babae
11Lumabas kayo, kayong mga dalaga ng Jerusalem,3:11 Jerusalem: sa Hebreo, Zion. at tingnan ninyo si Haring Solomon na may korona. Ipinutong ito sa kanya ng kanyang ina sa araw ng kanyang kasal – ang araw na buong puso niyang ikinagalak.
