1
All night long on my bed
I looked for the one my heart loves;
I looked for him but did not find him.
2
I will get up now and go about the city,
through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
So I looked for him but did not find him.
3
The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
"Have you seen the one my heart loves?"
4
Scarcely had I passed them
when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
till I had brought him to my mother's house,
to the room of the one who conceived me.
5
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.