Song of Songs 5:6-8

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁶I opened for my lover,
but my lover had left.
He was gone.
My spirits sank when he left.^[a]
I looked for him but did not find him.
I called him, but he did not answer.

⁷The watchmen who patrol the city found me.
They beat me. They bruised me.
They took my shawl away from me,
those watchmen of the walls!

⁸Daughters of Jerusalem, you must swear to me—
if you find my lover—
what will you tell him?
—that I am sick with love.