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At Night

The Woman

All night long on my bed
I sought the one my soul loves.
I sought him, but I did not find him.
I will get up now and go around the city.
I will go through its markets and squares.
I will seek the one my soul loves.
I sought him, but I did not find him.

The watchmen who patrol the city found me.
“Have you seen the one my soul loves?”
I had hardly passed them,
when I found the one my soul loves.
I held him and would not let him go,
until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
to the room of the one who conceived me.

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