1 W On my bed at night I sought himwhom my soul loves—I sought him but I did not find him.
2 “Let me rise then and go about the city,through the streets and squares;Let me seek him whom my soul loves.”I sought him but I did not find him.
3 The watchmen found me,as they made their rounds in the city:“Him whom my soul loves—have you seen him?”
4 Hardly had I left themwhen I found him whom my soul loves.I held him and would not let him gountil I had brought him to my mother’s house,to the chamber of her who conceived me.