I will arise now and go about the city,
through the streets and the plazas.(A)
I will seek the one I love.
I sought him, but did not find him.
The guards who go about the city found me.(B)
I asked them, “Have you seen the one I love?”
I had just passed them
when I found the one I love.
I held on to him and would not let him go
until I brought him to my mother’s house(C)
to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

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