Song of Solomon 3:2-4

Contemporary English Version

² So I searched through the town
    for the one I love.
I looked on every street,
    but he wasn't there.
³ I even asked the guards
    patrolling the town,
“Have you seen the one
    I love so much?”
⁴ Right after that, I found him.
I held him and would not let go
    until I had taken him
    to the home of my mother.