5. Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge youby the gazelles and by the does of the field:do not arouse or awaken loveuntil it so desires.
6. Who is this coming up from the wildernesslike a column of smoke,perfumed with myrrh and incensemade 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.