Song Of Songs 3

All night long on my bed
    I looked for the one my heart loves;
    I looked for him but did not find him.

„En nat lå jeg i min seng og drømte om min elskede.
    Jeg længtes efter ham.
        Jeg lå og ventede på ham, men han kom ikke.

I will get up now and go about the city,
    through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
    So I looked for him but did not find him.

Så besluttede jeg at gå ud i byen
    og lede efter ham på gader og stræder,
        men jeg kunne ikke finde ham.

The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.
    “Have you seen the one my heart loves?”

Jeg mødte vægterne på deres runde og spurgte:
    ‚Har I mon set ham, jeg elsker?’

Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
    till I had brought him to my mother’s house,
    to the room of the one who conceived me.

Kort efter fandt jeg min elskede.
    Jeg klyngede mig til ham og slap ham ikke,
før jeg havde ført ham til min mors hus,
    ind i det værelse, hvor jeg selv engang blev undfanget.

Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.

Jerusalems unge piger, lov mig ved gazeller og markens dådyr,
    at I ikke vækker kærligheden, før tiden er inde!”

Who is this coming up from the wilderness
    like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and incense
    made from all the spices of the merchant?

„Hvad er det, der nærmer sig fra ørkenen
    omgivet af noget, der ligner røgsøjler?
Det dufter af røgelse og myrra,
    de dyreste parfumer, der kan købes for penge.

Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
    escorted by sixty warriors,
    the noblest of Israel,

Se, det er Salomons bærestol,
    eskorteret af tres af Israels mægtigste mænd.

all of them wearing the sword,
    all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
    prepared for the terrors of the night.

De er alle bevæbnet med sværd, alle er de erfarne krigere,
    alle har sværd ved siden til beskyttelse mod natlige farer.

King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
    he made it of wood from Lebanon.

Salomons kongelige bærestol er bygget af udsøgt træ fra Libanon.

Its posts he made of silver,
    its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
    its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem, ¹¹ come out,
    and look, you daughters of Zion.
Look^[a] on King Solomon wearing a crown,
    the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
    the day his heart rejoiced.