< Song of Solomon 3 >

1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not.
(الْمَحْبُوبَةُ): طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى مَضْجَعِي طَلَبْتُ بِشَوْقٍ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي، فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ.١
2 'I will rise now, and go about the city, in the streets and in the broad ways, I will seek him whom my soul loveth.' I sought him, but I found him not.
سَأَنْهَضُ الآنَ أَطُوفُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَتَجَوَّلُ فِي شَوَارِعِهَا وَسَاحَاتِهَا، أَلْتَمِسُ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي. وَهَكَذَا رُحْتُ أَلْتَمِسُهُ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ.٢
3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: 'Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?'
وَعَثَرَ عَلَيَّ الْحُرَّاسُ الْمُتَجَوِّلُونَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَسَأَلْتُ: أَشَاهَدْتُمْ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي؟٣
4 Scarce had I passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
وَمَا كِدْتُ أَتَجَاوَزُهُمْ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي، فَتَشَبَّثْتُ بِهِ وَلَمْ أُطْلِقْهُ حَتَّى أَدْخَلْتُهُ بَيْتَ أُمِّي وَمُخْدَعَ مَنْ حَمَلَتْ بِي.٤
5 'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that ye awaken not, nor stir up love, until it please.'
أَسْتَحْلِفُكُنَّ يَا بَنَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِظِبَاءِ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَأَيَائِلِهَا أَلّا تُوْقِظْنَ أَوْ تُنَبِّهْنَ الْحَبِيبَ حَتَّى يَشَاءَ.٥
6 Who is this that cometh up out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
(نَشِيدُ بَنَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ): مَنْ هَذِهِ الصَّاعِدَةُ مِنَ الْقَفْرِ كَأَعْمِدَةٍ مِنْ دُخَانٍ مُعَطَّرَةٍ بِالْمُرِّ وَاللُّبَانِ وَكُلِّ عُطُورِ التَّاجِرِ؟٦
7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; threescore mighty men are about it, of the mighty men of Israel.
هَا هِيَ أَرِيكَةُ سُلَيْمَانَ يَحِفُّ بِهِ سِتُّونَ بَطَلاً مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.٧
8 They all handle the sword, and are expert in war; every man hath his sword upon his thigh, because of dread in the night.
جَمِيعُهُمْ مُدَجَّجُونَ بِالسُّيُوفِ مُتَمَرِّسُونَ عَلَى الْحَربِ، تَتَدَلَّى سُيُوفُهُمْ عَلَى جَوَانِبِهِمْ تَأَهُّباً لأَهْوَالِ اللَّيْلِ.٨
9 King Solomon made himself a palanquin of the wood of Lebanon.
قَدْ صَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ كُرْسِيَّ الْعَرْشِ مِنْ خَشَبِ لُبْنَانَ.٩
10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, the top thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, the inside thereof being inlaid with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
وَصَنَعَ أَعْمِدَتَهُ فِضَّةً وَمُتَّكَأَهُ ذَهَباً وَمَقْعَدَهُ أُرْجُوَاناً، وَغِطَاؤُهْ الدَّاخِلِيُّ رَصَّعَتْهُ بَنَاتُ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَحَبَّةً.١٠
11 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and gaze upon king Solomon, even upon the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
(الْمَحْبُوبَةُ): اُخْرُجْنَ يَا بَنَاتِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَانْظُرْنَ الْمَلِكَ سُلَيْمَانَ مُكَلَّلاً بِالتَّاجِ الَّذِي تَوَّجَتْهُ بِهِ أَمُّهُ فِي يَوْمِ عُرْسِهِ، فِي يَوْمِ بَهَجَةِ قَلْبِهِ.١١

< Song of Solomon 3 >