Song of Songs 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake.
What it says
The bride hears the beloved knocking while she sleeps, though her heart is awake.
What it is doing
This verse opens the night scene with tender summons.
In context
2I sleep, but my heart is awake. 3I have taken off my robe — 4My beloved put his hand to the latch; 5I rose up to open for my beloved. 6I opened for my beloved, 7I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. 8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you,