On my couch during the nights, I sought the one my soul loves; I sought him, and I did not find him.

I will rise now and go around the city; in the streets and in the squares, I will seek the one my soul loves; I sought him, and I did not find him.

The watchmen who go around the city found me; did you see the one my soul loves?

I had scarcely passed from them, until I found the one my soul loves; I held him and would not let him go, until I brought him to my mother's house, and to the chamber of her who conceived me.

I adjure you, daughters of Yerushalayim, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, do not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.

Who is this ascending from the wilderness, like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

Behold, it is Shelomoh's litter; sixty warriors are around it, from the warriors of Yisra'el.

All of them are armed with swords, trained for war; each man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the nights.

The King Shelomoh made a palanquin for himself from the trees of the Lebanon.

He made its pillars of silver, its support of gold, its seat of purple, its interior inlaid with love, from the daughters of Yerushalayim.

Go out and see, daughters of Tsiyon, King Shelomoh, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, and on the day of the joy of his heart.