Song of Solomon 3:1-6

1 Asleep on my bed, night after night I dreamed of the one I love; I was looking for him, but couldn't find him.
2 I went wandering through the city, through its streets and alleys. I looked for the one I love. I looked, but couldn't find him.
3 The sentries patrolling the city saw me. I asked them, "Have you found my lover?"
4 As soon as I left them, I found him. I held him and wouldn't let him go until I took him to my mother's house, to the room where I was born.
5 Promise me, women of Jerusalem; swear by the swift deer and the gazelles that you will not interrupt our love.
6 What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke, fragrant with incense and myrrh, the incense sold by the traders?
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.