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The Bride's Troubled Dream

¹ "On my bed night after night I sought him
^(C1)Whom my soul loves;
I ^(C2)sought him but did not find him.

² '^(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.

³ "^(C1)The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, 'Have you seen him whom my soul loves?'

⁴ "^(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."

The Groom

⁵ "^(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."

Solomon's Wedding Day

The Bride

⁶ "^(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?

The Chorus

⁷ "Behold, it is ^(F1)the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty warriors around it,
Of the warriors of Israel.

⁸ "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.

⁹ "King Solomon has made for himself a ^(F1)sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.

¹⁰ "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.

¹¹ "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."