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The Bride’s Troubled Dream

“¹On my bed night after night I sought him^aWhom my soul loves;I ^bsought him but did not find him.2 ‘¹I must arise now and ²go about the city;In the ^astreets and in the squares³I must seek him whom my soul loves.’I sought him but did not find him.3 “^aThe watchmen who go about the city found me,And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’4 “^aScarcely had I passed them byWhen I found him whom my soul loves;I ^bseized him and would not let him goUntil I had ^cbrought him to my mother’s house,And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”

5 “¹I ^acall you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,By the ^bgazelles or by the hinds of the field,That you do not arouse or awaken my loveUntil ²she pleases.”

Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day

6 “¹^aWho is this coming up from the wildernessLike ^bcolumns of smoke,As rising incense of ^cmyrrh and ^dfrankincense,With all scented powders of the merchant?7 “Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;Sixty mighty men around it,Of the mighty men of Israel.8 “All of them are those who seize the sword,^aLearned in war;Each man has his ^bsword at his side,Guarding against the ¹^cdreadful things of the night.9 “King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chairFrom the timber of Lebanon.10 “He made its posts of silver,Its ¹back of goldAnd its seat of purple fabric,With its interior inlaid with loveBy the ^adaughters of Jerusalem.11 “Go forth and see, O ^adaughters of Zion,King Solomon with the ¹crownWith which his mother has crowned himOn the ^bday of his wedding,And on the day of his gladness of heart.”