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.

De noite, na minha cama,
busquei aquele que a minha alma deseja.
Procurei por ele e não o encontrei.

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.

Levantei-me, saí para as ruas da cidade, pelas praças,
a ver se o achava, mas em vão.

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

Os guardas, que faziam a ronda na cidade, detiveram-me,
e perguntei-lhes:
“Viram aquele que eu tanto amo?”

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.

Mas, passado pouco tempo,
logo achei aquele que a minha alma deseja
e não o deixei até o ter levado para casa,
para o velho quarto de minha mãe.

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.

Conjuro-vos, ó filhas de Jerusalém,
pelas gazelas e cervas do campo,
que não despertem o meu amor,
até que ele queira.

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?

Que é isto que se eleva, dos desertos,
semelhante a uma nuvem de fumo, cheirando a mirra,
a incenso e a toda a espécie de pós aromáticos
que se podem importar?

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

Olhem: é o carro de Salomão!
Rodeiam-no sessenta dos homens mais valentes de Israel.

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

Todos eles são hábeis no manejo de armas
e de instrumentos de guerra.
Cada um deles tem a sua espada pronta, à cintura,
para defender o rei contra qualquer incidente noturno.

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

O rei Salomão mandou fazer, para si próprio,
um palanquim com madeira do Líbano.

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.