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2:16 The woman’s dream
The bride
16 My dearest belongs to me and I belong to him—
the man grazing among the lilies.
17 Until the daylight arrives and the shadows flee, turn.
My dearest resembles a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.
3 On my bed in the night, I search for the one that my soul loves.
≈ I searched for him, but I didn’t find him.
2 I’ll get up now and go about in the city—
in the streets and in the squares.
I will search for the man who my soul loves.
I looked for him, but I didn’t find him.
3 The guards going around in the city found me:
“Have you seen the man whom my soul loves?”
4 I’d hardly passed by the guards
when I found him whom my soul loves.
I held him and I wouldn’t let him go
until I’d brought him to my mother’s house
≈ and to the room of the woman who conceived me.
5 I strongly advise you, young women of Yerushalem (Jerusalem),