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|By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.  

|By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.  

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|At night, on my bed, I seek for the love of my life; I seek, but I can’t find it.

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|I 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.  

|I 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.  

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| I get up, and search through the city, through its streets and markets, looking for the love of my life. I seek but I can’t find it!

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|The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?  

|The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?  

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|The guards find me while they patrol the city.  I ask them:  "Have you seen the love of my life?"

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|It 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.  

|It 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.  

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|As soon as I leave them, I find the love of my life.  I hug him and without releasing him, I take him to my mother's house, to the bedroom where she conceived me.

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|I 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.  

|I 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.  

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| I would ask, women of Jerusalem, in the name of the gazelles and deer of the forest, do not disturb my beloved, until he wants to be awakened.

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|Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?  

|Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?  

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|Who is this that goes through the desert like a plume of smoke, spreading aromas of myrrh and frankincense, spreading the fragrance of exotic perfumes?

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|Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.  

|Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.  

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|Look! There goes Solomon's carriage! It comes escorted by sixty warriors selected from among the bravest of Israel.

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|They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.  

|They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.  

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|They carry swords, and have been trained for combat; each of them carry a sword in his belt, because the night is dangerous, and they need weapons to defend themselves and the king.

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|King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.  

|King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.  

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|Solomon built the carriage himself with fine woods from Lebanon.

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|He 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.  

|He 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.  

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|The columns were made of silver, the frames were made of gold. The seats were upholstered with purple fabric and the interior was decorated with great care by the daughters of Jerusalem.

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|Go 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.  

|Go 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.  

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|Get out, women of Zion; Contemplate the King Solomon! He wears the crown that his mother made him. The day he married, was the day his heart received its greatest gift.

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