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# Chapter 3
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1 By night on my bed I sought the one I love;
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I sought him, but I did not find him.
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2 “I will rise now,” I said,
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“And go about the city;
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In the streets and in the squares
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I will seek the one I love.”
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I sought him, but I did not find him.
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3 The watchmen who go about the city found me;
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I said,
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“Have you seen the one I love?”
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4 Scarcely had I passed by them,
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When I found the one I love.
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I held him and would not let him go,
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Until I had brought him to the house of my mother,
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And into the chamber of her who conceived me.
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5 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
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By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
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Do not stir up nor awaken love
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Until it pleases.
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6 Who is this coming out of the wilderness
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Like pillars of smoke,
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Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
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With all the merchant’s fragrant powders?
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7 Behold, it is Solomon’s couch,
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With sixty valiant men around it,
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Of the valiant of Israel.
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8 They all hold swords,
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Being expert in war.
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Every man has his sword on his thigh
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Because of fear in the night.
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9 Of the wood of Lebanon
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Solomon the King
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Made himself a palanquin:
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10 He made its pillars of silver,
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Its support of gold,
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Its seat of purple,
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Its interior paved with love
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By the daughters of Jerusalem.
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11 Go forth, O daughters of Zion,
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And see King Solomon with the crown
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With which his mother crowned him
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On the day of his wedding,
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The day of the gladness of his heart. |