Hebrew · Midrash Rabbah (Hebrew, Torat Emet)
הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בְּנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם, מַה תַּגִּידוּ לוֹ שֶׁחוֹלַת אַהֲבָה אָנִי, מַה חוֹלָה זוֹ מְצַפָּה לִרְפוּאָה, כָּךְ הַדּוֹר שֶׁבְּמִצְרַיִם מְצַפֶּה לַגְאֻלָּה.
English · The Sefaria Midrash Rabbah (2022)
“I administer an oath to you, daughters of Jerusalem; if you find my beloved, what shall you tell him? That I am lovesick” (Song of Songs 5:8). “I administer an oath to you, daughters of Jerusalem…what shall you tell him? That I am lovesick” – just as the ill person yearns for healing, so, the generation that was in Egypt yearned for redemption.