1 At night on my bed, I look for the man I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him.
2 I will get up now! I will go around the city. In the streets and squares, I will look for the man I love. I looked for him, but I could not find him.
3 The guards patrolling the city found me. I asked them, “Have you seen the man I love?”
4 I had just left the guards when I found the man I love! I held him and would not let him go, while I took him to my mother’s house, to the room of one who bore me.
5 Women of Jerusalem, promise me by the gazelles and wild deer, don’t awaken love, don’t arouse love, until I am ready.