Song of Songs 3:1 - 3:4

“On my bed night after night I sought him

Whom my soul loves;

I sought him but did not find him.

‘I must arise now and go about the city;

In the streets and in the squares

I must seek him whom my soul loves.’

I sought him but did not find him.

The watchmen who go about the city found me,

And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’

Scarcely had I passed them by

When I found him whom my soul loves;

I seized him and would not let him go

Until I had brought him to my mother’s house,

And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”