3 “^[a]On my bed night after night I sought him
^(A)Whom my soul loves;
I ^(B)sought him but did not find him.
² ‘^[b]I must arise now and ^[c]go about the city;
In the ^(C)streets and in the squares
^[d]I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
³ “^(D)The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
⁴ “^(E)Scarcely had I ^[e]left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I ^(F)held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had ^(G)brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”