3:2 “I will arise 1 and look all around 2 throughout the town,
and throughout the streets 3 and squares;
I will search for my beloved.”
I searched for him but I did not find him. 4
3:3 The night watchmen found me – the ones who guard the city walls. 5
“Have you seen my beloved?” 6
3:4 Scarcely 7 had I passed them by
when I found my beloved!
I held onto him 8 tightly and would not let him go 9
until I brought him to my mother’s house, 10
to the bedroom chamber 11 of the one who conceived me.