Song of Solomon 3:3 CPDV

¹  Bride: On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.

²  I will rise up, and I will circle through the city. Through the side streets and thoroughfares, I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.

³  The watchers who guard the city found me: 'Have you seen him whom my soul loves?'

⁴  When I had passed by them a little, I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not release him, until I would bring him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who bore me.

⁵  Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, until she wills.