3. "I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again?
4. "My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my feelings were aroused for him.
5. "I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the bolt.
6. "I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and had gone! My heart went out to him as he spoke. I searched for him but I did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.
7. "The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, They struck me and wounded me; The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.
8. "I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For I am lovesick."
9. "What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That thus you adjure us?"
10. "My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, Outstanding among ten thousand.
11. "His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.