Cantar de los Cantares 3
1 Por las noches busqué en mi cama al que ama mi alma; lo busqué, y no lo hallé.
One night when I was lying in bed, I longed for the one I love. I longed for him, but he was nowhere to be found.
2 Me levantaré ahora, y rodearé por la ciudad; por las calles y por las plazas buscaré al que ama mi alma; lo busqué, y no lo hallé.
So I said to myself, “I will get up now and go through the city, looking in its streets and squares for the one I love.” I looked for him but I didn't find him.
3 Me hallaron los guardas que rondan la ciudad, y les dije: ¿Habéis visto al que ama mi alma?
The watchmen found me as they went through the city. “Have you seen the one I love?” I asked them.
4 Pasando de ellos un poco, hallé luego al que mi alma ama; trabé de él, y no lo dejé, hasta que lo metí en casa de mi madre, y en la cámara de la que me dio a luz.
Only a little farther on after I'd passed them I found my love! I held him close and would not let him go until I'd brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me.
5 Yo os conjuro, oh doncellas de Jerusalén, por las gamas y por las ciervas del campo, que no despertéis ni hagáis velar al amor, hasta que él quiera.
Women of Jerusalem, swear to me by the gazelles or the wild deer that you won't disturb our love until the right time.
6 ¿Quién es ésta que sube del desierto como varas de humo, sahumada de mirra y de incienso, y de todos los polvos aromáticos?
Who is this coming in from the wilderness like a plume of smoke, like a burning sacrifice scented with myrrh and frankincense, with all kinds of imported perfumed powders?
7 He aquí es la cama de Salomón; sesenta fuertes la rodean, de los fuertes de Israel.
Look, it's Solomon's sedan chair, accompanied by sixty of Israel's best warriors.
8 Todos ellos tienen espadas, diestros en la guerra; cada uno su cuchillo sobre su muslo, por los temores de la noche.
All of them are expert swordsmen who have battle experience. They each carry a sword strapped to the thigh, ready for any night-time attacks.
9 El rey Salomón se hizo un tálamo de madera del Líbano.
(Solomon's sedan chair was made for him with wood from Lebanon.
10 Sus columnas hizo de plata, su solado de oro, su cielo de grana, su interior enlosado de amor, por las doncellas de Jerusalén.
Its posts were covered in silver, and the back was covered in gold. The seat cushion was purple. The interior was lovingly decorated.) Women of Jerusalem,
11 Salid, oh doncellas de Sion, 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.
come out! Look, women of Zion! See King Solomon wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head on his wedding day, his happiest day.
