Catholic Public Domain Version
"I opened the bolt of my door to my beloved. But he had turned aside and had gone away. My soul melted when he spoke. I sought him, and did not find him. I called, and he did not answer me."
— Song Of Solomon 5:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.”
“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love. ”
“I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends”
“The Triumph of Love: The Beloved Praises Her LoverThe Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem– If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!”
“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I languish with love.”
“I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.”
“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.”
Bride: I have taken off my tunic; how shall I be clothed in it? I have washed my feet; how shall I spoil them?
My beloved put his hand through the window, and my inner self was moved by his touch.
I rose up in order to open to my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers were full of the finest myrrh.
I opened the bolt of my door to my beloved. But he had turned aside and had gone away. My soul melted when he spoke. I sought him, and did not find him. I called, and he did not answer me.
The keepers who circulate through the city found me. They struck me, and wounded me. The keepers of the walls took my veil away from me.
I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, announce to him that I languish through love.
Chorus to Bride: What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, so that you would bind us by oath?