Song of Solomon 3:2-4

New Century Version

² I got up and went around the city,
    in the streets and squares,
looking for the one I love.
    I looked for him, but I could not find him.
³ The watchmen found me as they patrolled the city,
    so I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”
⁴ As soon as I had left them,
    I found the one I love.
I held him and would not let him go
    until I brought him to my mother’s house,
    to the room where I was born.