1Por las noches, sobre mi lecho,
busco al amor de mi vida;
lo busco y no lo hallo.
2Me levanto, voy por la ciudad,
por sus calles y mercados,
buscando al amor de mi vida.
Lo busqué y no lo hallé.
3Me encuentran los centinelas
mientras rondan la ciudad.
Les pregunto:
«¿Han visto ustedes al amor de mi vida?».
4No bien los he dejado,
cuando encuentro al amor de mi vida.
Lo abrazo y, sin soltarlo,
lo llevo a la casa de mi madre,
a la alcoba donde ella me concibió.
El amado
5Yo les ruego, doncellas de Jerusalén,
por las gacelas y cervatillas del bosque,
que no desvelen ni molesten a mi amada
hasta que ella quiera despertar.
Tercer Canto
El coro
6¿Qué es eso que sube por el desierto
semejante a una columna de humo,
entre aromas de mirra e incienso,
entre perfumes de mercaderes?
7¡Miren! ¡Es el carruaje de Salomón!
Viene escoltado por sesenta guerreros,
escogidos entre los más valientes de Israel.
8Todos ellos portan espadas
y han sido adiestrados para el combate;
cada uno lleva la espada al cinto
por causa de los peligros de la noche.
9Salomón mismo se hizo el carruaje
con finas maderas del Líbano.
10Hizo de plata las columnas
y de oro los soportes.
El asiento lo tapizó de color púrpura
y su interior fue decorado con esmero
por las hijas de Jerusalén.
11¡Salgan, doncellas de Sión!
¡Contemplen al rey Salomón!
¡Lleva puesta la corona que le ciñó su madre
el día en que contrajo nupcias,
el día en que se alegró su corazón!
1“All night long on my bed
I searched for the one my heart loves.
I looked for him but didn’t find him.
2I will get up and go around in the city.
I’ll look through all of its streets.
I’ll search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but didn’t find him.
3Those on guard duty found me
as they were walking around in the city.
‘Have you seen the one my heart loves?’ I asked.
4As soon as I had passed by them
I found the one my heart loves.
I threw my arms around him and didn’t let him go
until I had brought him to my mother’s house.
I took him to my mother’s room.
5Women of Jerusalem, make me a promise.
Let the antelopes and the does serve as witnesses.
Don’t stir up love.
Don’t wake it up until it’s ready.
6“Who is this man coming up from the desert
like a column of smoke?
He smells like myrrh and incense
made from all the spices of the trader.
7Look! There’s Solomon’s movable throne.
Sixty soldiers accompany it.
They have been chosen from the best warriors in Israel.
8All of them are wearing swords.
They have fought many battles.
Each one has his sword at his side.
Each is prepared for the terrors of the night.
9King Solomon made the movable throne for himself.
He made it out of wood from Lebanon.
10He formed its posts out of silver.
He made its base out of gold.
Its seat was covered with purple cloth.
It was decorated inside with love.
Women of Jerusalem, 11come out.
“Look, you women of Zion.
Look at King Solomon wearing his crown.
His mother placed it on him.
She did it on his wedding day.
His heart was full of joy.”
