In my bed at nightJ

I sought the one I love;u

I sought him, but did not find him.K,v

2 I will arise now and go about the city,

through the streets and the plazas.w

I will seek the one I love.

I sought him, but did not find him.

3 The guards who go about the city found me.x

I asked them, “Have you seen the one I love?”

4 I had just passed them

when I found the one I love.

I held on to him and would not let him go

until I brought him to my mother’s housey—

to the chamber of the one who conceived me.