⁶ I opened the door for my lover,
    but my lover had left and was gone.
    When he spoke, ·he took my breath away [^Lmy spirit went out].
I ·looked for [sought] him, but I could not find him;
    I called for him, but he did not answer.

⁷ The ·watchmen [guards; ^Can ancient equivalent to police; 3:3] found me
    ·as they patrolled [those who make their rounds in] the city.
They hit me and ·hurt [bruised] me;
    the guards ·on the wall took away my veil [^Llifted my garments from me].

² I ·got [rose] up and went around the city,
    in the streets and ·squares [public areas],
·looking [searching] for the one ·I love [my soul loves].
    I ·looked [searched] for him, but I could not find him.

³ The ·watchmen [guards; ^Cancient equivalent to the police] found me as they patrolled the city,
    so I asked, “Have you seen the one ·I love [^Lmy soul loves]?”