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3:1  Night after night on my bed, I sought the one I love; I sought him, but didn't find him.
3:2  I'll get up and go all around the city, throughout the streets, and in the squares. I'll seek the one I love. I sought him, but didn't find him.
3:3  The watchmen who go all around the city found me. I asked, "Have you seen the one I love?"
3:4  I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I brought him to my mother's house, to the room of the one who conceived me.
3:5  Swear to me, young women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you won't awaken or arouse love before its proper time!
3:6  What is this coming up from the desert like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and incense from all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
3:7  Look! It's Solomon's sedan chair, with 60 of the best soldiers in Israel surrounding it.
3:8  All of them are wearing swords and are experienced in battle. Each has his sword on his thigh, ready for the terror of the night.
3:9  King Solomon made the sedan chair for himself from the trees of Lebanon.
3:10  He made its posts of silver, its back of gold. Its seat was purple, and its interior was lovingly inlaid by the young women of Jerusalem.
3:11  Come out, young women of Zion, and see King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day— his day of great delight.