3“1On my bednight after night I sought himaWhom my soulloves;I bsought him but did not find him.2‘1I must arisenow and 2goabout the city;In the astreets and in the squares3I must seek him whom my soulloves.’I sought him but did not find him.3“aThe watchmen who goabout the cityfound me,And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soulloves?’4“aScarcely had I passed them byWhen I found him whom my soulloves;I bseized him and would not let him goUntil I had cbrought him to my mother’shouse,And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”
