1. On my bed by night I sought himwhom 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 me,as they went about the city.“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4. Scarcely had I passed them,when I found him whom my soul loves.I held him, and would not let him gountil I brought him to my mother’s house,and into the chamber of her who conceived me.
5. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,by the gazelles or does of the field,do not stir up or awaken loveuntil it pleases.