Dual Panel1The Beloved about Her Lover: All night <03915> long on <05921> my bed <04904> I <05315> longed for <01245> my lover <0157>. I longed for <01245> him but he never <03808> appeared <04672>.
2“I will arise <06965> and look <05437> all around <05437> throughout the town <05892>, and throughout the streets <07784> and squares <07339>; I will search <01245> for my beloved <0157>.” I searched <01245> for him <05315> but I did not <03808> find <04672> him.
3The night watchmen <08104> found <04672> me– the ones who guard <05437> the city <05892> walls. “Have you seen <07200> my beloved <0157>?”
4Scarcely <04592> had I passed <05674> them <01992> by when <05704> I found <04672> my beloved <0157>! I held <0270> onto him tightly and would not <03808> let him go <07503> until <05704> I brought <0935> him to <0413> my mother’s <0517> house <01004>, to <0413> the bedroom chamber <02315> of the one who conceived <02029> me.
5The Adjuration Refrain The Beloved to the Maidens:I admonish you <07650>, O maidens of <01323> Jerusalem, by <03389> the gazelles and <06643> by the young does of <0355> the open fields: “Do <07704> not awake <0518> or <05782> arouse <0176> love <05782> until <0160> it <05704> pleases <02654>!”
6The Speaker: Who <04310> is this <02063> coming up <05927> from <04480> the desert <04057> like a column <08490> of smoke <06227>, like a fragrant billow <06999> of myrrh <04753> and frankincense <03828>, every kind <03605> of fragrant powder <081> of the traveling merchants <07402>?
7Look <02009>! It is Solomon’s <08010> portable couch <04296>! It is surrounded <05439> by sixty <08346> warriors <01368>, some of Israel’s <03478> mightiest warriors <01368>.
8All <03605> of them are skilled <0270> with a sword <02719>, well-trained <03925> in the art of warfare <04421>. Each <0376> has his sword <02719> at his side <03409>, to guard against <05921> the terrors <06343> of the night <03915>.
9King <04428> Solomon <08010> made <06213> a sedan <0668> chair for himself of wood <06086> imported from Lebanon <03844>.
10Its posts <05982> were made <06213> of silver <03701>; its back <07507> was made of gold <02091>. Its seat <04817> was upholstered with purple wool <0713>; its interior <08432> was inlaid <07528> with leather <0160> by the maidens <01323> of Jerusalem <03389>.
11Come out <03318>, O maidens <01323> of Zion <06726>, and gaze <07200> upon King <04428> Solomon <08010>! He is wearing the crown <05850> with which his mother <0517> crowned <05849> him on his wedding <02861> day <03117>, on the most joyous <08057> day <03117> of his life <03820>!