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# Chapter 3
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1 One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover.
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I yearned for him, but he did not come.
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2 So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city,
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searching in all its streets and squares.
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I will search for the one I love.”
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So I searched everywhere but did not find him.
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3 The watchmen stopped me as they made their rounds,
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and I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”
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4 Then scarcely had I left them
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when I found my love!
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I caught and held him tightly,
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then I brought him to my mother’s house,
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into my mother’s bed, where I had been conceived.
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5 Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
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by the gazelles and wild deer,
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not to awaken love until the time is right.
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6 Who is this sweeping in from the wilderness
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like a cloud of smoke?
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Who is it, fragrant with myrrh and frankincense
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and every kind of spice?
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7 Look, it is Solomon’s carriage,
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surrounded by sixty heroic men,
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the best of Israel’s soldiers.
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8 They are all skilled swordsmen,
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experienced warriors.
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Each wears a sword on his thigh,
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ready to defend the king against an attack in the night.
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9 King Solomon’s carriage is built
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of wood imported from Lebanon.
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10 Its posts are silver,
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its canopy gold;
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its cushions are purple.
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It was decorated with love
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by the young women of Jerusalem.
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11 Come out to see King Solomon,
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young women of Jerusalem.
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He wears the crown his mother gave him on his wedding day,
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his most joyous day. |