Song of Songs 5:2-7

New International Version

She

²I slept but my heart was awake.
    Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
    my dove,^(A) my flawless^(B) one.^(C)
My head is drenched with dew,
    my hair with the dampness of the night.”
³I have taken off my robe—
    must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
    must I soil them again?
⁴My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
    my heart began to pound for him.
⁵I arose to open for my beloved,
    and my hands dripped with myrrh,^(D)
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
    on the handles of the bolt.
⁶I opened for my beloved,^(E)
    but my beloved had left; he was gone.^(F)
    My heart sank at his departure.^[a]
I looked^(G) for him but did not find him.
    I called him but he did not answer.
⁷The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.^(H)
They beat me, they bruised me;
    they took away my cloak,
    those watchmen of the walls!

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Footnotes

Song of Songs 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke

Song of Solomon 5:2-7

New American Standard Bible

The Bride

²“I was asleep but my heart was awake.
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, ^(A)my sister, my darling,
^(B)My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is ^[a]drenched with dew,
My ^(C)locks with the dew drops of the night.’
³I have ^(D)taken off my dress,
How can I put it on again?
I have ^(E)washed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?
⁴My beloved extended his hand through the opening,
And my ^(F)feelings were stirred for him.
⁵I arose to open to my beloved;
And my hands ^(G)dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with drops of myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.
⁶I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had ^(H)turned away and had gone!
My ^[b]heart went out to him as he ^(I)spoke.
I ^(J)searched for him but I did not find him;
I ^(K)called him but he did not answer me.
⁷The ^(L)watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
They struck me and wounded me;
The guards of the walls took my shawl away from me.