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Atomic Bible
Song of Songs 5:2
I sleep, but my heart is awake.
from The Bride, Song of Songs 5:2-8
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,