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 will get up now. I will go around the city,in the streets and squares.I will look 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.I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”
4 As soon as I had left themI found the one I love.I held him. I would not let him gountil I had brought him to my mother’s house.I brought him into the room where I was born.
5 Women of Jerusalem, promise meby the gazelles and the deer.Promise not to wake love.Don’t excite my feelings of loveuntil I’m ready.
6 Who is this coming out of the desertlike a cloud of smoke?Who is this that smells like myrrh, incenseand other spices?