Song of Solomon 3

1 On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

1 (الْمَحْبُوبَةُ): طَوَالَ اللَّيْلِ عَلَى مَضْجَعِي طَلَبْتُ بِشَوْقٍ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي، فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ.

2 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

2 سَأَنْهَضُ الآنَ أَطُوفُ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَتَجَوَّلُ فِي شَوَارِعِهَا وَسَاحَاتِهَا، أَلْتَمِسُ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي. وَهَكَذَا رُحْتُ أَلْتَمِسُهُ فَمَا وَجَدْتُهُ.

3 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

3 وَعَثَرَ عَلَيَّ الْحُرَّاسُ الْمُتَجَوِّلُونَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَسَأَلْتُ: أَشَاهَدْتُمْ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي؟

4 I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

4 وَمَا كِدْتُ أَتَجَاوَزُهُمْ حَتَّى وَجَدْتُ مَنْ تُحِبُّهُ نَفْسِي، فَتَشَبَّثْتُ بِهِ وَلَمْ أُطْلِقْهُ حَتَّى أَدْخَلْتُهُ بَيْتَ أُمِّي وَمُخْدَعَ مَنْ حَمَلَتْ بِي.

5 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

5 أَسْتَحْلِفُكُنَّ يَا بَنَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ بِظِبَاءِ الصَّحْرَاءِ وَأَيَائِلِهَا أَلّا تُوْقِظْنَ أَوْ تُنَبِّهْنَ الْحَبِيبَ حَتَّى يَشَاءَ.

6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

6 (نَشِيدُ بَنَاتِ أُورُشَلِيمَ): مَنْ هَذِهِ الصَّاعِدَةُ مِنَ الْقَفْرِ كَأَعْمِدَةٍ مِنْ دُخَانٍ مُعَطَّرَةٍ بِالْمُرِّ وَاللُّبَانِ وَكُلِّ عُطُورِ التَّاجِرِ؟

7 Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.

7 هَا هِيَ أَرِيكَةُ سُلَيْمَانَ يَحِفُّ بِهِ سِتُّونَ بَطَلاً مِنْ جَبَابِرَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ.

8 All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

8 جَمِيعُهُمْ مُدَجَّجُونَ بِالسُّيُوفِ مُتَمَرِّسُونَ عَلَى الْحَربِ، تَتَدَلَّى سُيُوفُهُمْ عَلَى جَوَانِبِهِمْ تَأَهُّباً لأَهْوَالِ اللَّيْلِ.

9 King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

9 قَدْ صَنَعَ الْمَلِكُ سُلَيْمَانُ كُرْسِيَّ الْعَرْشِ مِنْ خَشَبِ لُبْنَانَ.

10 He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

10 وَصَنَعَ أَعْمِدَتَهُ فِضَّةً وَمُتَّكَأَهُ ذَهَباً وَمَقْعَدَهُ أُرْجُوَاناً، وَغِطَاؤُهْ الدَّاخِلِيُّ رَصَّعَتْهُ بَنَاتُ أُورُشَلِيمَ مَحَبَّةً.

11 Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

11 (الْمَحْبُوبَةُ): اُخْرُجْنَ يَا بَنَاتِ صِهْيَوْنَ وَانْظُرْنَ الْمَلِكَ سُلَيْمَانَ مُكَلَّلاً بِالتَّاجِ الَّذِي تَوَّجَتْهُ بِهِ أَمُّهُ فِي يَوْمِ عُرْسِهِ، فِي يَوْمِ بَهَجَةِ قَلْبِهِ.