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"On my bed night after night I sought him ^(C1)Whom my soul loves; I ^(C2)sought him but did not find him.

'^(F1)I must arise now and ^(F2)go around in the city; In the ^(C1)streets and in the public squares ^(F3)I must seek him whom my soul loves.' I sought him but did not find him.

-"^(C1)The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, 'Have you seen him whom my soul loves?'

-"^(C1)Hardly had I ^(F1)left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I ^(C2)held on to him and would not let him go Until I had ^(C3)brought him to my mother's house, And into the room of her who conceived me."

"^(C1)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem, By the ^(C2)gazelles or by the does of the field, That you will not disturb or awaken my love Until she pleases."

"^(F1)(C1)What is this coming up from the wilderness Like ^(C2)columns of smoke, Perfumed with ^(C3)myrrh and ^(C4)frankincense, With all the scented powders of the merchant?

-"Behold, it is ^(F1)the traveling couch of Solomon; Sixty warriors around it, Of the warriors of Israel.

-"All of them are wielders of the sword, ^(C1)Expert in war; Each man has his ^(C2)sword at his side, Guarding against the ^(F1)(C3)terrors of the night.

-"King Solomon has made for himself a ^(F1)sedan chair From the timber of Lebanon.

-"He made its posts of silver, Its ^(F1)back of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly inlaid By the ^(C1)daughters of Jerusalem.

-"Go out, you ^(C1)daughters of Zion, And look at King Solomon with the ^(F1)crown With which his mother has crowned him On the ^(C2)day of his wedding, And on the day of the joy of his heart."