went about: i.e. the patrol.
the city. She is still in Jerusalem and away from her country home. (See the notes, p. 920.)
took away my veil. This was gross insult to an Eastern woman.
Related Commentaries of Song of Solomon 5:7
Song of Solomon 5:7
7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.