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| [1]In my litle bed Y souyte hym bi niytis, whom my soule loueth; Y souyte hym, and Y foond not. |
[1]By nightH3915 on my bedH4904 I soughtH1245[H8765] him whom my soulH5315 lovethH157[H8804]: I soughtH1245[H8765] him, but I foundH4672 him notH8804. |
| [2]I shal rise, and Y schal cumpasse the citee, bi litle stretis and large stretis; Y schal seke hym, whom my soule loueth; I souyte hym, and Y foond not. |
[2]I will riseH6965[H8799] now, and go aboutH5437[H8779] the cityH5892 in the streetsH7784, and in the broad waysH7339 I will seekH1245[H8762] him whom my soulH5315 lovethH157[H8804]: I soughtH1245[H8765] him, but I foundH4672 him notH8804. |
| [3]Wakeris, that kepen the citee, founden me. Whether ye sien hym, whom my soule loueth? |
[3]The watchmenH8104[H8802] that go aboutH5437[H8802] the cityH5892 foundH4672[H8804] me: to whom I said, SawH7200[H8804] ye him whom my soulH5315 lovethH157?[H8804] |
| [4]A litil whanne Y hadde passid hem, Y foond hym, whom my soule loueth; Y helde hym, and Y schal not leeue hym, til Y brynge him in to the hous of my modir, and in to the closet of my modir. |
[4]It was but a littleH4592 that I passedH5674[H8804] from them, but I foundH4672[H8804] him whom my soulH5315 lovethH157[H8804]: I heldH270[H8804] him, and would not let him goH7503[H8686], until I had broughtH935[H8689] him into my mother'sH517 houseH1004, and into the chamberH2315 of her that conceivedH2029 meH8802. |
| [5]Ye douytris of Jerusalem, Y charge you greetli, bi the capretis, and hertis of feeldis, that ye reise not, nether make to awake the dereworthe spousesse, til sche wole. |
[5]I chargeH7650[H8689] you, O ye daughtersH1323 of JerusalemH3389, by the roesH6643, andH176 by the hindsH355 of the fieldH7704, that ye stir not upH5782[H8686], nor awakeH5782[H8787] my loveH160, till he pleaseH2654.[H8799] |
| [6]Who is this womman, that stieth bi the deseert, as a yerde of smoke of swete smellynge spices, of mirre, and of encence, and of al poudur of an oynement makere? |
[6]Who is this that comethH5927[H8802] out of the wildernessH4057 like pillarsH8490 of smokeH6227, perfumedH6999[H8794] with myrrhH4753 and frankincenseH3828, with all powdersH81 of the merchantH7402?[H8802] |
| [7]Lo! sixti stronge men of the strongeste men of Israel cumpassen the bed of Salomon; and alle thei holden swerdis, |
[7]Behold his bedH4296, which is Solomon'sH8010; threescoreH8346 valiantH1368 men are aboutH5439 it, of the valiantH1368 of IsraelH3478. |
| [8]and ben moost witti to batels; the swerd of ech man is on his hipe, for the drede of nyytis. |
[8]They all holdH270[H8803] swordsH2719, being expertH3925[H8794] in warH4421: every manH376 hath his swordH2719 upon his thighH3409 because of fearH6343 in the nightH3915. |
| [9]Kyng Salomon made to hym a seete, of the trees of Liban; |
[9]KingH4428 SolomonH8010 madeH6213[H8804] himself a chariotH668 of the woodH6086 of LebanonH3844. |
| [10]he made the pilers therof of siluer; he made a goldun restyng place, a stiyng of purpur; and he arayede the myddil thingis with charite, for the douytris of Jerusalem. |
[10]He madeH6213[H8804] the pillarsH5982 thereof of silverH3701, the bottomH7507 thereof of goldH2091, the coveringH4817 of it of purpleH713, the midstH8432 thereof being pavedH7528[H8803] with loveH160, for the daughtersH1323 of JerusalemH3389. |
| [11]Ye douytris of Sion, go out, and se kyng Salomon in the diademe, bi which his modir crownede hym, in the dai of his spousyng, and in the dai of the gladnesse of his herte. |
[11]Go forthH3318[H8798], O ye daughtersH1323 of ZionH6726, and beholdH7200[H8798] kingH4428 SolomonH8010 with the crownH5850 wherewith his motherH517 crownedH5849[H8765] him in the dayH3117 of his espousalsH2861, and in the dayH3117 of the gladnessH8057 of his heartH3820. |