1. On my bed by nightI sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
2. I will rise now and go about the city,in the streets and in the squares;I will seek him whom my soul loves.I sought him, but found him not.
3. The watchmen found meas they went about in the city.“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4. Scarcely had I passed themwhen I found him whom my soul loves.I held him, and would not let him gountil I had brought him into my mother’s house,and into the chamber of her who conceived me.