Article 5 of 13 in the series Song of Solomon
Fourth Song: 3:1-5
The bride searches in the night for her beloved
| Voice | Narrative |
|---|---|
| Bride | 3:1 By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 3:2 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. 3:3 The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 3:4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. 3:5 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the eld, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. |
The last Song left the bride in a state of glorious expectancy as she awaits the call from her groom to come away, but the time is not yet. Now the mood turns melancholy as…
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