SHE
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1 All
night long on my bed I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.
2
I will get up now and
go about the city, through its streets and squares; I will
search for the one my heart loves.
So
I looked for him but did not find him.
3
The watchmen found
me as they made their rounds in the city. "Have you
seen the one my heart loves?"
4
Scarcely had I passed
them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and
would not let him go till I had brought him to my mother's
house, to the room of the one who conceived me.
5
Daughters of Jerusalem,
I charge you by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires.
6
Who is this coming
up from the desert like a column of smoke, perfumed with
myrrh and incense made from all the spices of the merchant?
7
Look! It is Solomon's
carriage, escorted by sixty warriors, the noblest of Israel,
8 all of them wearing the sword, all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side, prepared for the terrors
of the night.
9
King Solomon made for himself the carriage; he made it of
wood from Lebanon. 10 Its posts he made of silver, its base
of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple, its interior
lovingly inlaid with love.
Daughters
of Jerusalem, 11 come out and look, you daughters of Zion.
Look on King Solomon wearing a crown, the crown with which
his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, the day
his heart rejoiced.
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(As
the lights come back up, the backdrop changes to inside
the house and outside it is starting to get light. The girl
is left alone on the stage)
“Through
the night, alone on my bed, I longed for him but he did
not come. It's morning, I'll get up and go out and see if
I can find him.
(She
crosses the stage and returns to her original spot and as
she does so the backdrop changes to the street of the city.)
I
didn't find him. In the still almost empty streets I came
across the night watchmen doing their rounds and asked them
if they had seen him, but no.
But
then, just as I had given up, I came round a corner and
there he was! I clung to him and then brought him back home
with me.
Be
careful though, slow down, do not rush love, don't spoil
anything with haste!
(the
lights fade and as they come back up, the backdrop changes
to a road just outside the city. She speaks again)
Who
is this coming? It is him. It is Solomon, not the carefree
shepherd boy but the young warrior king, accompanied by
his strong body guard.
He
comes in the royal carriage made from fine timber with silver
and gold and fine materials, come all you people, come and
see his splendour – see the crown he wears, the crown he
wore on our wedding day.
(The
lights fade, the scene fades)
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