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(A)Hardly had I left them
    when I found him whom my soul loves.[a]
I held him and would not let him go
    until I had brought him to my mother’s house,
    to the chamber of her who conceived me.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:4 Whom my soul loves: the fourfold repetition of this phrase in vv. 1–4 highlights the depth of the woman’s emotion and desire. Mother’s house: cf. 8:2; a place of safety and intimacy, one which implicitly signifies approval of the lovers’ relationship.