1. At night on my bed,I looked for the one I love;I looked for him, but I could not find him.
2. I got up and went around the city,in the streets and squares,looking for the one I love.I looked for him, but I could not find him.
3. The watchmen found me as they patrolled the city,so I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”
4. As soon as I had left them,I found the one I love.I held him and would not let him gountil I brought him to my mother’s house,to the room where I was born.
5. Women of Jerusalem, promise meby the gazelles and the deernot to awakenor excite my feelings of loveuntil it is ready.