Cantar de los Cantares 3

1 Por la noche, en mi cama, lo estaba buscando, que es el amor de mi alma: lo estaba buscando, pero no lo vi.

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 Ahora me levantaré e iré por el pueblo, en las calles y en los caminos amplios iré tras él, que es el amor de mi alma: fui tras él, pero no lo vi.

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 que van por el pueblo vinieron a mi lado; A ellos les dije: ¿Lo has visto quién es el deseo de mi corazón?

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 Estaba muy lejos de ellos, cuando me encontré cara a cara con el que es el amor de mi alma. Lo tomé de las manos y no lo dejé ir hasta que lo llevé a la casa de mi madre y a la habitación de la que me dio a luz.

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 Prométanme, oh hijas de Jerusalén, por las gacelas del campo y ciervas del bosque, que no muevan ni levanten a mi amor hasta que quiera.

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 este que sale del desierto como columnas de humo, perfumado con mirra e incienso, con todos los polvos aromáticos del comerciante?

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 Mira, es el lecho de Salomón; Se trata de sesenta hombres de guerra lo escoltan, del ejército valiente de Israel,

Look, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty warriors surround it, sixty soldiers of Israel.

8 Todos ellos armados con espadas, entrenados en la guerra; cada hombre tiene su espada a su lado, por miedo en la noche.

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 El rey Salomón se hizo un lecho de la madera del Líbano.

King Solomon made himself a sedan chair of the wood from Lebanon.

10 Hizo sus pilares de plata, su base de oro, su asiento de púrpura, bordado con amor por las 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, hijas de Jerusalén, y vean al rey Salomón, con la corona que su madre le puso en la cabeza el día en que se casó, y el día de la alegría de su corazón.

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.