6. I opened for my lover, but my lover had turned away and was gone! I nearly died when he came and went. I looked for him, but I couldn’t find him. I called for him, but he didn’t answer me.
7. The guards patrolling the city found me. They hit me. They hurt me. The guards on the wall took my robe from me.
8. I tell you, women of Jerusalem, if you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.
9. Beautiful woman, how is your lover different from other lovers? Is your lover better than other lovers? Is that why you ask us to make this promise?
10. My lover is tanned and radiant. He would stand out among 10,000 men.
11. His head is like the purest gold. His hair is curly and as black as a raven.
12. His eyes are like doves by a stream, like doves in a pool of milk, like a jewel in its setting.