⁶ I opened to my love,
but my love had turned and gone away.
I was crushed^[a] that he had left.^[b]
I sought him, but did not find him.^(A)
I called him, but he did not answer.

⁷ The guards who go about the city found me.^(A)
They beat and wounded me;
they took my cloak^[a] from me—
the guardians of the walls.^(B)

² I will arise now and go about the city,
through the streets and the plazas.^(A)
I will seek the one I love.
I sought him, but did not find him.

³ The guards who go about the city found me.^(A)
I asked them, “Have you seen the one I love?”