Cantar de los Cantares 3
1 Una noche, cuando estaba acostada en la cama, anhelaba a mi amado. Lo anhelaba, pero no estaba en ninguna parte.
At night on my bed I was longing for him whom my soul loves; I looked for him, but I could not find him.
2 Entonces me dije: “Me levantaré ahora y recorreré la ciudad, buscando en sus calles y plazas a aquel que amo”. Lo busqué, pero no lo encontré.
I said to myself, “I will get up and go through the city, through the streets and squares; I will search for him whom my soul loves.” I searched for him, but I did not find him.
3 Los vigilantes me hallaron mientras recorría la ciudad. “¿Han visto a mi amado?” - les pregunté.
The watchmen found me as they were making their rounds in the city. I asked them, “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4 Sólo un poco más adelante, después de haberlos pasado, encontré a mi amor. Lo abracé y no lo dejé ir hasta que lo llevé a la casa de mi madre, a la habitación de la que me concibió.
It was only a little while after I had passed them that I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the bedroom of the one who had conceived me.
5 Mujeres de Jerusalén, júrenme por las gacelas o los ciervos salvajes que no perturbarán nuestro amor hasta el momento oportuno.
I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the fields, that you will not awaken or arouse love until she pleases.
6 ¿Quién es ese que viene del desierto como una columna de humo, como un sacrificio ardiente perfumado con mirra e incienso, con toda clase de polvos perfumados importados?
What is that coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders sold by merchants?
7 Miren, es la litera de Salomón, acompañado de sesenta de los mejores guerreros de Israel.
Look, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty warriors surround it, sixty soldiers of Israel.
8 Todos ellos son expertos espadachines con experiencia en la batalla. Cada uno de ellos lleva una espada atada al muslo, preparada para cualquier ataque nocturno.
All of them are skilled with a sword and are experienced in warfare. Every man has his sword at his side, armed against the terrors of the night.
9 (La litera de Salomón fue hecha para él con madera del Líbano.
King Solomon made himself a sedan chair of the wood from Lebanon.
10 Sus soportes estaban cubiertos de plata, y el respaldo estaba cubierto de oro. El cojín del asiento era de color púrpura. El interior estaba decorado con detalle.) ¡Mujeres de Jerusalén,
Its posts were made of silver; the back was made of gold, and the seat of purple cloth. Its interior was decorated with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 salgan! ¡Miren, mujeres de Sión! Vean al rey Salomón llevando la corona que su madre le puso en la cabeza el día de su boda, su día más feliz.
Go out, daughters of Zion, and gaze on King Solomon, bearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the day of the joy of his heart.
