1 Upon my bed, night after night,I looked for the one whom I love with all my heart.I looked for him but couldn’t find him.
2 "I will rise now and go all around the city,through the streets and the squares.I will look for the one whom I love with all my heart."I looked for him but couldn’t find him.
3 The guards found me,those who make their rounds in the city."The one whom I love with all my heart—have you seen him?"
4 No sooner did I depart from themthan I found the one whom I love with all my heart.I held on to him and now I won’t let him go,until I’ve brought him to my mother’s house,to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
5 I place you under oath, daughters of Jerusalem,by the gazelles or the wild deer:don’t rouse, don’t arouse loveuntil it desires.