3 “On my bed night after night I sought him
^(A)Whom my soul loves;
I ^(B)sought him but did not find him.
² ‘^[a]I must arise now and ^[b]go around in the city;
In the ^(C)streets and in the public squares
^[c]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)Hardly had I ^[d]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.”