1 Asleep on my bed, night after night
I dreamed of the one I love;
I was looking for him, but couldn't find him.
2 I went wandering through the city,
through its streets and alleys.
I looked for the one I love.
I looked, but couldn't find him.
3 The sentries patrolling the city saw me.
I asked them, “Have you found my lover?”
4 As soon as I left them, I found him.
I held him and wouldn't let him go
until I took him to my mother's house,
to the room where I was born.
5 Promise me, women of Jerusalem;
swear by the swift deer and the gazelles
that you will not interrupt our love.
The Third Song
The Woman
6 What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke,
fragrant with incense and myrrh,
the incense sold by the traders?
7 Solomon is coming, carried on his throne;
sixty soldiers form the bodyguard,
the finest soldiers in Israel.
8 All of them are skillful with the sword;
they are battle-hardened veterans.
Each of them is armed with a sword,
on guard against a night attack.
9 King Solomon is carried on a throne
made of the finest wood.
10 Its posts are covered with silver;
over it is cloth embroidered with gold.
Its cushions are covered with purple cloth,
lovingly woven by the women of Jerusalem.
11 Women of Zion, come and see King Solomon.
He is wearing the crown that his mother placed on his head
on his wedding day,
on the day of his gladness and joy.
1 في اللَّيالي على فِراشي
أطلبُ مَنْ يُحِبُّه قلبـي
أطلُبُهُ فلا أجِدُهُ.
2 أقومُ وأطوفُ في المدينةِ
وفي الأسواقِ والسَّاحاتِ،
أطلُبُ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ قلبـي،
أطلبُهُ فلا أجِدُهُ.
3 يَلقاني حُرَّاسُ اللَّيلِ،
وهُم يطوفونَ في المدينةِ:
«أرأيتُم مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ قلبـي؟»
4 أتَجاوزُهُم قليلا
فأجِدُ مَنْ يُحِبُّهُ قلبـي،
فأمسِكُهُ ولا أرخيهِ.
أُدخِلُهُ بَيتَ أُمِّي
وخِدرَ مَنْ حَبِلَت بـي.
العريس
5 أستَحلِفُكُنَّ، يا بَناتِ أورُشليمَ،
بالغُزلانِ ووُعولِ البَرِّ
ألاَّ تُنْهِضْنَ الحبـيبةَ
ولا تُنبِهْنَها حتّى تشاءَ.
الجوقة
6 مَنْ هذِهِ الطَّالِعةُ مِنَ البرِّيَّةِ؟
كأشجارِ النَّخيلِ،
تعبَقُ بالمُرِّ والبَخورِ
وكُلِّ عُطورِ التَّاجِر.
7 ها عرشُ سُليمانَ
وحَولَهُ سِتُّونَ جبَّارا
مِنْ جبابِرةِ إِسرائيلَ،
8 قابِضونَ جميعا على السُّيوفِ،
مُتَمَرِّسُونَ كُلُّهُم بالقِتالِ.
سُيوفُهُم على أفخاذِهِم
تَحَسُّبا مِنْ هَولِ اللَّيالي.
9 سُليمانُ صنَعَ لِنَفْسِهِ
سريرا مِنْ شجَرِ لبنانَ.
10 أعمِدَتُهُ صنَعَها مِنْ فِضَّةٍ،
ومِنْ ذهَبٍ روافِدُهُ.
مَقعَدُهُ مِنَ الأرجوانِ
ومَسنَدُهُ رَصفَتْهُ بِمحبَّةٍ
بَناتُ أورُشليمَ.
11 أُخرُجْنَ يا بَناتِ صِهيَونَ
وانْظُرنَ المَلِكَ سُليمانَ
بتاجٍ تَوَّجَتْهُ بهِ أمُّهُ
في يومِ عُرسِهِ،
في يومِ فرَحِ قلبِهِ.