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