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1All night long on my bed
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.
2I will get up now and go about the city,
through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but did not find him.
3The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
“Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
4Scarcely had I passed them
when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
till I had brought him to my mother’s house,
to the room of the one who conceived me.
5Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.
6Who is this coming up from the wilderness
like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh and incense
made from all the spices of the merchant?
7Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
escorted by sixty warriors,
the noblest of Israel,
8all of them wearing the sword,
all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
prepared for the terrors of the night.
9King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
he made it of wood from Lebanon.
10Its posts he made of silver,
its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem,
11come out,
and look, you daughters of Zion.
Look⚓ on King Solomon wearing a crown,
the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
the day his heart rejoiced.
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1Thaus tsaus ntuj kws kuv pw sau txaaj,
kuv nrhav tug kws kuv lub sab nyam,
kuv nrhav nwg tassws nrhav tsw tau.
2Kuv yuav sawv tseeg moog
thoob plawg huv lub nroog,
moog huv tej kev hab huv tej tshaav puam,
kuv yuav nrhav tug kws kuv lub sab nyam.
Kuv nrhav nwg tassws nrhav tsw tau.
3Cov kws faaj xwm ntswb kuv rua thaus
puab saamswm taug kev huv lub nroog.
Kuv nug puab tas, “Mej pum tug
kws kuv lub sab nyam los tsw pum?”
4Thaus kuv hlaa dhau puab mivntswv lawm,
kuv ntswb nwg,
yog tug kws kuv lub sab nyam.
Kuv ntsab nkaus nwg
tsw kaam tso nwg moog le,
moog txug thaus kuv coj nwg lug
rua huv kuv nam lub tsev,
hab nkaag rua huv tug kws xeeb kuv lub txaaj.
5Yeluxalee tej ntxhais 'e,
thov mej twv rua tej kauv seb
hab tej xyuas muas lwj has tas
mej yuav tsw tshaum tsw tsaa
kuas ib txujkev sws hlub tswm raag
moog txug thaus txaus sab tsaiv.
Zaaj Nkauj Peb
Tug hluas nkauj has
moj saab qhua tuaj
zoo yaam le ib twv paa nchu
kws muaj roj tsw qaab
hab roj ntoos tsw qaab tsw quas lawg tuaj,
yog txhua yaam moov tsw qaab
kws tub laag tub luam xaa tuaj?
7Saib maj, yog Xalaumoo lub zwm txwv.
Muaj rau caum leej tub rog
kws sab tuab vej quas vog,
yog Yixayee cov tub rog
kws sab luj sab tuab.
8Puab coj ntaaj hab puab txawj ntaus rog,
puab txhua tug rws ntaaj ntawm duav
faaj seeb xwm txheej thaus tsaus ntuj.
9Vaajntxwv Xalaumoo
muab tej ntoo peg Lenpanoo
ua lub zwm txwv.
10Nwg muab nyaj ua ncej zwm txwv,
hab muab kub ua daim txag pheeb
hab muab ntaub yimlaaj
pua daim txag rooj nyob.
Lub zwm txwv saab huv
yog Yeluxalee tej ntxhais muab tawv tsaj ua.⚓
11Xi‑oo tej ntxhais 'e,
ca le tawm moog saib vaajntxwv Xalaumoo,
nwg ntoo lub mom kub
kws nwg nam muab looj rua nwg taubhau
rua nub kws nwg ua tshoob,
yog nub kws nwg zoo sab xyiv faab kawg.