Song of Solomon 3

1 On my couch during the nights I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Por las noches busqué en mi cama al que ama mi alma; le busqué, y no le hallé.

2 Oh, I must rise now, and go about in the city in the streets, and in the open places; I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Ahora pues levantarme he, y rodearé por la ciudad: por las calles, y por las plazas buscaré al que ama mi alma: le busqué, y no le hallé.

3 Then found me the watchmen that walked about the city. “Have ye seen him whom my soul loveth?”

Halláronme las guardas que rondan por la ciudad, y les pregunté, diciendo: ¿Habéis visto al que ama mi alma?

4 Scarcely had I passed away from them, when I found him whom my soul loveth: I laid fast hold of him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that had born me.

Pasando de ellos un poco, luego hallé al que ama mi alma: trabé de él, y no le dejé, hasta que le metí en casa de mi madre, y a la cámara de la que me engendró.

5 I adjure you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye awaken not, nor excite my love, till it please [to come of itself].—

Yo os conjuro, o! hijas de Jerusalem, por las gamas, o por las ciervas del campo, que no despertéis, ni hagáis velar a mi amor, hasta que él quiera.

6 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spicy powders of the merchant?

¿Quién es esta que sube del desierto como varas de humo, sahumada de mirra y de encienso, y de todos polvos aromáticos?

7 Behold, it is the bed, which is Solomon's, sixty valiant men are round about it, of the valiant ones of Israel.

He aquí que la cama de Salomón sesenta fuertes la cercan, de los fuertes de Israel.

8 All of them are girded with the sword, are expert in war; every one hath his sword upon his thigh, because of the terror in the nights.

Todos ellos tienen espadas, diestros en la guerra: cada uno su espada sobre su muslo por los temores en las noches.

9 A palanquin did king Solomon make for himself out of the wood of Lebanon.

El rey Salomón se hizo un tálamo de madera del Líbano.

10 The pillars thereof he made of silver, its coverlid of gold, its seat of purple: its inner part is arranged lovely, by the daughters of Jerusalem.

Sus columnas hizo de plata, su solado de oro, su cielo de grana, su interior solado de amor por las hijas de Jerusalem.

11 Go forth, and look, O ye daughters of Zion, on king Solomon, with the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him on the day of his espousals, and on the day of the joy in his heart.

Salíd, o! hijas de Sión, y ved al rey Salomón con la corona con que le coronó su madre el día de su desposorio, y el día del gozo de su corazón.