3The city watchmen saw me while they were patrolling/walking around the city. I asked them, “Have you seen the one whom I love?”
4As soon as I walked past them, I found the one whom I love. I clung to him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother's house, to the room where my mother had conceived me (OR, where I was born).
5You women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to quit.
6Who is it that is coming from the desert, who is stirring up dust like a column of smoke from burning myrrh and incense made from spices imported by merchants?
7It is Solomon, sitting in his portable chair surrounded by sixty bodyguards chosen from the strongest/greatest warriors in Israel.
8They all have swords and they all ◄are trained to/know well how to► use them. Each one has his sword strapped to his side and is prepared to defend Solomon from dangers that might occur even during the night.
9King Solomon commanded his servants to make that portable chair for him; it was made with wood from Lebanon.