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Song of Songs 3:1
On my bed at night
from The Bride’s Dream, Song of Songs 3:1-5
What it says

The bride says she sought the one she loves on her bed at night but did not find him.

What it is doing

This verse opens the dream with absence and longing.

In context

1On my bed at night 2I will arise now and go about the city, 3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: 4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. 5O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you