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The Girl: “One night my lover was missing from my bed. I got up to look for him but couldn’t find him. I went out into the streets of the city and the roads to seek him, but I searched in vain. The police stopped me, and I said to them, ‘Have you seen him anywhere, this one I love so much?’

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All night long on my bed
    I looked(A) for the one my heart loves;
    I looked for him but did not find him.
I will get up now and go about the city,
    through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
    So I looked for him but did not find him.
The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.(B)
    “Have you seen the one my heart loves?”

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