⁶ I opened for my beloved,^(A)
    but my beloved had left; he was gone.^(B)
    My heart sank at his departure.^[a]
I looked^(C) for him but did not find him.
    I called him but he did not answer.

⁷ The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.^(A)
They beat me, they bruised me;
    they took away my cloak,
    those watchmen of the walls!