نَشِيد الأنشاد 3

١ 1 (الْمَحْبُوبَةُ): طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى مَضْجَعِي طَلَبْتُ بِشَوْقٍ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي، فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ.

One night when I was lying in bed, I longed for the one I love. I longed for him, but he was nowhere to be found.

٢ 2 سَأَنْهَضُ الآنَ أَطُوفُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَتَجَوَّلُ فِي شَوَارِعِهَا وَسَاحَاتِهَا، أَلْتَمِسُ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي. وَهَكَذَا رُحْتُ أَلْتَمِسُهُ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ.

So I said to myself, “I will get up now and go through the city, looking in its streets and squares for the one I love.” I looked for him but I didn't find him.

٣ 3 وَعَثَرَ عَلَيَّ الْحُرَّاسُ الْمُتَجَوِّلُونَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَسَأَلْتُ: أَشَاهَدْتُمْ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي؟

The watchmen found me as they went through the city. “Have you seen the one I love?” I asked them.

٤ 4 وَمَا كِدْتُ أَتَجَاوَزُهُمْ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي، فَتَشَبَّثْتُ بِهِ وَلَمْ أُطْلِقْهُ حَتَّى أَدْخَلْتُهُ بَيْتَ أُمِّي وَمُخْدَعَ مَنْ حَمَلَتْ بِي.

Only a little farther on after I'd passed them I found my love! I held him close and would not let him go until I'd brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me.

٥ 5 أَسْتَحْلِفُكُنَّ يَا بَنَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِظِبَاءِ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَأَيَائِلِهَا أَلّا تُوْقِظْنَ أَوْ تُنَبِّهْنَ الْحَبِيبَ حَتَّى يَشَاءَ.

Women of Jerusalem, swear to me by the gazelles or the wild deer that you won't disturb our love until the right time.

٦ 6 (نَشِيدُ بَنَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ): مَنْ هَذِهِ الصَّاعِدَةُ مِنَ الْقَفْرِ كَأَعْمِدَةٍ مِنْ دُخَانٍ مُعَطَّرَةٍ بِالْمُرِّ وَاللُّبَانِ وَكُلِّ عُطُورِ التَّاجِرِ؟

Who is this coming in from the wilderness like a plume of smoke, like a burning sacrifice scented with myrrh and frankincense, with all kinds of imported perfumed powders?

٧ 7 هَا هِيَ أَرِيكَةُ سُلَيْمَانَ يَحِفُّ بِهِ سِتُّونَ بَطَلاً مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

Look, it's Solomon's sedan chair, accompanied by sixty of Israel's best warriors.

٨ 8 جَمِيعُهُمْ مُدَجَّجُونَ بِالسُّيُوفِ مُتَمَرِّسُونَ عَلَى الْحَربِ، تَتَدَلَّى سُيُوفُهُمْ عَلَى جَوَانِبِهِمْ تَأَهُّباً لأَهْوَالِ اللَّيْلِ.

All of them are expert swordsmen who have battle experience. They each carry a sword strapped to the thigh, ready for any night-time attacks.

٩ 9 قَدْ صَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ كُرْسِيَّ الْعَرْشِ مِنْ خَشَبِ لُبْنَانَ.

(Solomon's sedan chair was made for him with wood from Lebanon.

١٠ 10 وَصَنَعَ أَعْمِدَتَهُ فِضَّةً وَمُتَّكَأَهُ ذَهَباً وَمَقْعَدَهُ أُرْجُوَاناً، وَغِطَاؤُهْ الدَّاخِلِيُّ رَصَّعَتْهُ بَنَاتُ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَحَبَّةً.

Its posts were covered in silver, and the back was covered in gold. The seat cushion was purple. The interior was lovingly decorated.) Women of Jerusalem,

١١ 11 (الْمَحْبُوبَةُ): اُخْرُجْنَ يَا بَنَاتِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَانْظُرْنَ الْمَلِكَ سُلَيْمَانَ مُكَلَّلاً بِالتَّاجِ الَّذِي تَوَّجَتْهُ بِهِ أَمُّهُ فِي يَوْمِ عُرْسِهِ، فِي يَوْمِ بَهَجَةِ قَلْبِهِ.

come out! Look, women of Zion! See King Solomon wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head on his wedding day, his happiest day.