פָּתַחְתִּי אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי חָמַק עָבָר, נִתְחַטָּא, נִתְמַלֵּא עָלַי עֶבְרָה. נַפְשִׁי יָצְאָה בְדַבְּרוֹ, בְּדִבּוּרוֹ שֶׁל כּוֹרֶשׁ, דְּגָזַר דְּלָא עֲבַר פְּרָת לָא יִעְבַּר. בִּקַּשְׁתִּיהוּ וְלֹא מְצָאתִיהוּ קְרָאתִיו וְלֹא עָנָנִי. דָּבָר אַחֵר פָּתַחְתִּי אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְדוֹדִי חָמַק עָבָר, נִתְחַטָּא, נִתְמַלֵּא עָלַי עֶבְרָה כְּאִשָּׁה עֻבֶּרֶת. נַפְשִׁי יָצְאָה בְדַבְּרוֹ, בְּדִבּוּרוֹ, מִקּוֹל דִּבּוּרוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁאָמַר (שמות כ, ב): אָנֹכִי ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ. בִּקַּשְׁתִּיהוּ וְלֹא מְצָאתִיהוּ קְרָאתִיו וְלֹא עָנָנִי.
“I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had slipped away and gone. My soul departed when he spoke. I sought him, but did not find him; I called him, but he did not answer me” (Song of Songs 5:6). “I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had slipped away and gone [avar]” – He was appeased, and then He became filled with wrath [evra] toward me. “My soul departed when he spoke” – upon the speech of Cyrus who decreed: Whoever has not crossed the Euphrates shall not cross. “I sought him, but did not find him; I called him, but he did not answer me.” Another matter: “I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had slipped away and gone” – He was appeased, and then He became filled with wrath [evra] toward me like a pregnant [uberet] woman. My soul departed when he spoke” – with His speech, from the sound of His first commandment, when He said: “I am the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:2). “I sought him, but did not find him; I called him, but he did not answer me.”