Song of Solomon 3
1 All through the night [while I lay] on my bed, I longed for the one whom I love. I desired for him [to come], but he did not come.
Sur ma couche, pendant la nuit, j'ai cherché celui que mon cœur aime; je l'ai cherché et je ne l'ai point trouvé.
2 [So I said to myself], “I will get up now and walk around the city, through the streets and plazas, to search for the one whom I love.” [So] I [got up and] searched for him, but I could not find him.
" Levons-nous, me suis-je dit, parcourons la ville, les rues et les places, cherchons celui que mon cœur aime. " Je l'ai cherché et je ne l'ai point trouvé.
3 The city watchmen saw me while they were patrolling/walking around the city. [I asked them], “Have you seen the one whom I love?”
Les gardes m'ont rencontrée, ceux qui font la ronde dans la ville: " Avez-vous vu celui que mon cœur aime? "
4 As soon as I walked past them, I found the one whom I love. I clung to him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room where my mother had conceived me (OR, where I was born).
A peine les avais-je dépassés, que j'ai trouvé celui que mon cœur aime. Je l'ai saisi et je ne le lâcherai pas, jusqu'à ce que je l'aie introduit dans la maison de ma mère, et dans la chambre de celle qui m'a donné le jour. L'ÉPOUX.
5 You women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles [are listening], that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.
Je vous en conjure, filles de Jérusalem, par les gazelles et les biches des champs, n'éveillez pas, ne réveillez pas la bien-aimée, avant qu'elle le veuille. LE CHŒUR.
6 Who is it that is coming from the desert, who is [stirring up dust] like a column of smoke from burning myrrh and incense [made from] spices [imported by] merchants?
Quelle est celle-ci qui monte du désert, comme une colonne de fumée, exhalant la myrrhe et l'encens, tous les aromates des marchands? —
7 It is [Solomon], [sitting in] his portable chair surrounded by 60 bodyguards chosen from the strongest/greatest warriors in Israel.
Voici le palanquin de Salomon; autour de lui, soixante braves, d'entre les vaillants d'Israël;
8 They all have swords and they [all] (are trained to/know well how to) use them. Each one has his sword [strapped to] his side and [is prepared to defend Solomon from] dangers that might occur even during the night.
tous sont armés de l'épée, exercés au combat; chacun porte son épée sur sa hanche, pour écarter les alarmes de la nuit.
9 King Solomon [commanded his servants] to make that portable chair for him; [it was made] with wood from Lebanon.
Le roi Salomon s'est fait une litière des bois du Liban.
10 The [canopy that covered it] was (held up/supported) by posts made of silver, and the back of the chair was [embroidered] with gold. The seat/cushion was covered with purple cloth lovingly made/woven by the women of Jerusalem.
Il en a fait les colonnes d'argent, le dossier d'or, le siège de pourpre; au milieu est une broderie, œuvre d'amour des filles de Jérusalem.
11 You women of Jerusalem, come and look at King Solomon wearing the headdress that his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, the day when he [SYN] was very happy.
Sortez, filles de Sion, et voyez le roi Salomon, avec la couronne dont sa mère l'a couronné, le jour de ses épousailles, le jour de la joie de son cœur.
