Cantares de Salomâo 3
1 [Ela]: Durante as noites busquei em minha cama a quem minha alma ama; busquei-o, mas não o achei.
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.
2 Por isso me levantarei, e percorrerei a cidade, pelas ruas e pelas praças; buscarei a quem minha alma ama; busquei-o, mas não o achei.
[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.
3 Os guardas que rondavam pela cidade me encontraram. [Eu lhes perguntei]: Vistes a quem minha alma ama?
The city watchmen saw me while they were patrolling/walking around the city. [I asked them], “Have you seen the one whom I love?”
4 Pouco [depois] de me afastar deles, logo achei a quem minha alma ama. Eu o segurei, e não o deixei ir embora, até eu ter lhe trazido à casa de minha mãe, ao cômodo daquela que me gerou.
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).
5 Eu vos ordeno, filhas de Jerusalém: jurai pelas corças e pelas cervas do campo que não acordeis nem desperteis ao amor, até que ele queira.
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.
6 Quem é esta, que sobe do deserto como colunas de fumaça, perfumada com mirra, incenso, e com todo tipo de pó aromático de mercador?
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?
7 Eis a cama móvel de Salomão! Sessenta guerreiros estão ao redor dela, dentre os guerreiros de Israel;
It is [Solomon], [sitting in] his portable chair surrounded by 60 bodyguards chosen from the strongest/greatest warriors in Israel.
8 Todos eles portando espadas, habilidosos na guerra; cada um com sua espada à cintura, para [o caso de haver] um ataque repentino de noite.
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.
9 O rei Salomão fez para si uma liteira de madeira do Líbano.
King Solomon [commanded his servants] to make that portable chair for him; [it was made] with wood from Lebanon.
10 Suas colunas ele fez de prata, seu assoalho de ouro, seu assento de púrpura; por dentro coberta com [a obra do] amor das filhas de Jerusalém.
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.
11 Saí, ó filhas de Sião, e contemplai ao rei Salomão, com a coroa a qual sua mãe o coroou, no dia de seu casamento, no dia da alegria do seu coração.
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.
