Song of Solomon 5:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶ And I yearned for him
    while he spoke to me,
but when I opened the door,
    my darling had disappeared.
I searched and shouted,
but I could not find him—
    there was no answer.
⁷ Then I was found by the guards
patrolling the town
    and guarding the wall.
They beat me up
    and stripped off my robe.

⁸ Young women of Jerusalem,
    if you find the one I love,
please say to him,
    “She is weak with desire.”