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"On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

'I must arise now and go around in the city; In the streets and in the public squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.' I sought him but did not find him.

I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

"The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, 'Have you seen him whom my soul loves?'

The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

"Hardly had I left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother's house, And into the room of her who conceived me."

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.