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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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Tus Hlub Zaj Npau Suav
1Txhua hmo uas kuv pw saum kuv lub txaj,
kuv ua npau suav toog txog tus uas kuv hlub;
kuv nrhiav nws, tiamsis nrhiav tsis tau li.
2Kuv thiaj sawv mus ncig thoob plaws hauv lub nroog,
mus txhua nrho txhua txojkev loj thiab kev me.
Kuv nrhiav tus uas kuv hlub nkaus xwb.
Kuv nrhiav kawg, tiamsis tsis pom nws li
3Thaum cov fajxwm uas ncig hauv lub nroog pom kuv,
kuv nug lawv hais tias, “Nej puas pom tus uas kuv hlub?”
4Thaum kuv ncaim lawv mus ib pliag xwb,
kuv txawm ntsib nws;
kuv khawm dai lias nws thiab tsis
pub nws mus qhov twg li,
mus txog thaum kuv coj nws mus rau
hauv kuv niam lub tsev,
thiab mus rau hauv chav tsev uas
kuv niam yug kuv.
5Ib tsoom pojniam uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees,
nej cia li coglus rau kuv;
cia li coglus rau tej kauv thiab tej
muaslwj
hais tias nej yuav tsis tuaj tabkaum
wb txojkev hlub.
Zaj Nkauj Peb
Tus Hluas Nkauj
uas zoo ib yam li tej pa taws ncho?
Tej tshuaj tsw qab thiab tej tshuaj tsw qab mules
uas cov tub lag tub luam muag ntawd yog dabtsi?
7Xalumoos tabtom tuaj, nws zaum
rawv saum nws lub zwmtxwv;
muaj rau caum leej tubrog tsomkwm nws tuaj,
yog cov tubrog uas muaj zog tshaj hauv cov Yixalayees.
8Lawv cov ntawd puavleej txawj tua
ntaj heev;
thiab lawv yog cov tubrog uas txawj
ntaus rog kawg li.
Lawv txhua tus puavleej tuav rawv ntaj ntawm tes,
thiab npaj rawv tos sib tua thaum tsaus ntuj.
9Vajntxwv Xalumoos muab cov ntoo uas coj pem tebchaws
Lenpanoos tuaj ua nws lub zwmtxwv.
10Lub zwmtxwv ntawd muab nyiaj
vuam tej ceg huv tibsi;
daim uas thaiv nraum nraubqaum yog muab kub ua,
daim ntaub tsamxem uas pua lub zwmtxwv
yog cov pojniam hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees ntos.
11Cov pojniam hauv Xi-oos, cia li tawm tuaj
saib Vajntxwv Xalumoos;
nws ntoo rawv lub kausmom kub uas nws niam
muab rau nws ntoo hnub txis tshoob,
hnub uas nws muaj kev zoo siab
thiab txaus siab kawg nkaus.