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.
L’Épouse. Sur ma couche, pendant les nuits, j’ai cherché celui que chérit mon âme; je l’ai cherché et ne l’ai pas 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.
Je me lèverai, et je ferai le tour de la cité: dans les bourgs et les places publiques, je chercherai celui que chérit mon âme; je l’ai cherché et ne l’ai pas 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?”
Elles m’ont rencontrée, les sentinelles qui gardent la cité: Celui que chérit mon âme, est-ce que vous ne l’avez pas vu?
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).
Lorsque je les ai eu un peu dépassées, j’ai rencontré celui que chérit mon âme: je l’ai saisi et je ne le laisserai pas aller, jusqu’à ce que je l’introduise dans la maison de ma mère, et dans la chambre de celle qui m’a donné le jour.
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.
L’Époux. Je vous conjure, filles de Jérusalem, par les chevreuils et les cerfs des campagnes, ne dérangez pas, et ne réveillez pas la bien-aimée, jusqu’à ce qu’elle-même le veuille.
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?
Les filles de Jérusalem. Quelle est celle-ci, qui monte par le désert comme une colonne de fumée d’aromates de myrrhe, d’encens, et de toutes sortes de poudres de parfums?
7 It is [Solomon], [sitting in] his portable chair surrounded by 60 bodyguards chosen from the strongest/greatest warriors in Israel.
Voici la couche de Salomon: soixante vaillants guerriers des plus vaillants d’Israël l’environnent,
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 portant des glaives et très habiles dans les combats; chacun a son glaive sur sa cuisse, à cause des craintes 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 de 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: le milieu, il l’a couvert de ce qu’il y a de plus précieux à cause 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 et voyez, filles de Sion, le roi Salomon avec le diadème dont le couronna sa mère au jour de ses noces, et au jour de la joie de son cœur.
