1. Upon my bed, night after night,I looked for the one whom I love with all my heart.I looked for him but couldn’t find him.
2. "I will rise now and go all around the city,through the streets and the squares.I will look for the one whom I love with all my heart."I looked for him but couldn’t find him.
3. The guards found me,those who make their rounds in the city."The one whom I love with all my heart—have you seen him?"
4. No sooner did I depart from themthan I found the one whom I love with all my heart.I held on to him and now I won’t let him go,until I’ve brought him to my mother’s house,to the chamber of the one who conceived me.