I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.

Εγω κοιμωμαι, αλλ' η καρδια μου αγρυπνει· φωνη του αγαπητου μου· κρουει· Ανοιξον μοι, αδελφη μου, αγαπητη μου, περιστερα μου, αμωμητε μου· διοτι η κεφαλη μου εγεμισεν απο δροσου, οι βοστρυχοι μου απο ψεκαδων της νυκτος.

I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.