Charles Ellicott Commentary Song Of Solomon 3:1

"By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not." — Song Of Solomon 3:1 (ASV)

A reminiscence (elaborated in Song of Solomon 5:2 and following) of the intensity of their love before their union, put by the poet into his lady’s mouth. She “arises from dreams” of him, and goes to find him.