It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother’s house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.

I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

Αφου ολιγον επερασα απ' αυτων, ευρηκα εκεινον, τον οποιον αγαπα η ψυχη μου· επιασα αυτον και δεν αφηκα αυτον, εωσου εισηγαγον αυτον εις τον οικον της μητρος μου, και εις τον κοιτωνα της συλλαβουσης με.

It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.