A Troubled Night

The Shulamite

By (A)night on my bed I sought the one I love;
I sought him, but I did not find him.
“I will rise now,” I said,
“And go about the city;
In the streets and in the squares
I will seek the one I love.”
I sought him, but I did not find him.
(B)The watchmen who go about the city found me;
I said,
“Have you seen the one I love?”

Scarcely had I passed by them,
When I found the one I love.
I held him and would not let him go,
Until I had brought him to the (C)house of my mother,
And into the [a]chamber of her who conceived me.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 3:4 room

Maiden’s Dream (?): Seeking and Finding

On my bed in the night,
    I sought[a] him whom my heart[b] loves.
I sought him, but I did not find him.
Now I will arise, and I will go about in the city,
    in the streets and in the squares;
I will seek him whom my heart[c] loves.
    I sought him, but I did not find him.
The sentinels who go about in the city found me.
    “Have you seen the one whom my heart[d] loves?”
Scarcely had I passed[e] by them
    when I found him whom my heart[f] loves.
I held him and I would not let him go
    until I brought him to the house of my mother,
        into the bedroom chamber of she who conceived me.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 3:1 Or “I seek”
  2. Song of Solomon 3:1 Literally “soul”
  3. Song of Solomon 3:2 Literally “soul”
  4. Song of Solomon 3:3 Literally “soul”
  5. Song of Solomon 3:4 Literally “As little that I passed”
  6. Song of Solomon 3:4 Literally “soul”