<p class="poetry">I opened for my beloved,p> <p class="poetry">but my lover had already turned<n id="1" /> and gone away.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I fell into despair<n id="3" /> when he departed.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I looked for him but did not find him;p> <p class="poetry">I called him but he did not answer me.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">All night long<n id="1" /> on my bed<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">I longed for<n id="3" /> my lover.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">I longed for<n id="5" /> him but he never appeared.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;I will arise<n id="1" /> and look all around<n id="2" /> throughout the town,p> <p class="poetry">and throughout the streets<n id="3" /> and squares;p> <p class="poetry">I will search for my beloved.&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">I searched for him but I did not find him.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Scarcely<n id="1" /> had I passed them byp> <p class="poetry">when I found my beloved!p> <p class="poetry">I held onto him<n id="2" /> tightly and would not let him go<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">until I brought him to my mother&#8217;s house,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">to the bedroom chamber<n id="5" /> of the one who conceived me.p>