Cantares 3
Bible du Rabbinat (Zadoc Kahn)
1Sur ma couche nocturne, je cherchai celui dont mon âme est éprise: je le cherchai mais ne le trouvai point.
2Je résolus donc de me lever, de parcourir la ville rues et places pour chercher celui dont mon âme est éprise; je l'ai cherché et ne l'ai pas trouvé.
3Les gardes qui font des rondes dans la ville m'ont rencontrée: " Avez-vous vu leur demandai-je celui dont mon âme est éprise?"
4A peine les eus-je dépassés que je trouvai celui que mon cœur aime; je le saisis et ne le lâchai point, que je ne l'eusse emmené dans la maison de ma mère, dans la chambre de celle qui m'a mise au monde.
5Je vous en conjure, ô filles de Jérusalem, par les biches ou les gazelles des champs: n'éveillez pas, ne provoquez pas l'amour, avant qu'il le veuille!
6Qu'est-ce ceci qui s'élève du désert comme des colonnes de fumée, mêlées de vapeurs de myrrhe et d'encens et de toutes les poudres du parfumeur?
7Voyez, c'est la litière de Salomon! Elle est entourée de soixante braves, d'entre les héros d'Israël;
8ils sont tous armés du glaive, experts dans les combats; chacun porte le glaive au flanc, à cause des terreurs de la nuit.
9Le roi Salomon s'est fait faire un palanquin en bois du Liban.
10Les colonnes en sont d'argent, la garniture d'or, le siège de pourpre; l'intérieur en a été paré avec amour par les filles de Jérusalem.
11Sortez et admirez, filles de Sion, le roi Salomon, orné de la couronne dont le ceignit sa mère au jour de son hyménée, au jour de la joie de son cœur.
Reina-Valera 1909
1POR las noches busqué en mi lecho al que ama mi alma: busquélo, y no lo hallé.
2Levantaréme ahora, y rodearé por la ciudad; por las calles y por las plazas buscaré al que ama mi alma: busquélo, y no lo hallé.
3Halláronme los guardas que rondan la ciudad, y díjeles: ¿Habéis visto al que ama mi alma?
4Pasando de ellos un poco, hallé luego al que mi alma ama: trabé de él, y no lo dejé, hasta que lo metí en casa de mi madre, y en la cámara de la que me engendró.
5Yo os conjuro, oh doncellas de Jerusalem, por las gamas y por las ciervas del campo, que no despertéis ni hagáis velar al amor, hasta que quiera.
6¿Quién es ésta que sube del desierto como columnita de humo, sahumada de mirra y de incienso, y de todos polvos aromáticos?
7He aquí es la litera de Salomón: sesenta valientes la rodean, de los fuertes de Israel.
8Todos ellos tienen espadas, diestros en la guerra; cada uno su espada sobre su muslo, por los temores de la noche.
9El rey Salomón se hizo una carroza de madera del Líbano.
10Sus columnas hizo de plata, su respaldo de oro, su cielo de grana, su interior enlosado de amor, por las doncellas de Jerusalem.
11Salid, oh doncellas de Sión, y ved al rey Salomón con la corona con que le coronó su madre el día de su desposorio, y el día del gozo de su corazón.
King James Version
1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
7Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
8They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
10He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
World English Bible
1By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
2I will get up now, and go about the city; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.
3The watchmen who go about the city found me; “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4I had scarcely passed from them, when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, into the room of her who conceived me.
5I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken love, until it so desires.
6Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?
7Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.
8They all handle the sword, and are expert in war. Every man has his sword on his thigh, because of fear in the night.
9King Solomon made himself a carriage of the wood of Lebanon.
10He made its pillars of silver, its bottom of gold, its seat of purple, the middle of it being paved with love, from the daughters of Jerusalem.
11Go out, you daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother has crowned him, in the day of his weddings, in the day of the gladness of his heart.