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- \h Song of Songs
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- \v 1 This is King Solomon’s most beautiful song.
- \sp The young woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 2 I wish he would kiss me on my lips,
- \sp The woman speaks to her lover
- \q2 because your love for me is more delightful than wine.
- \q1
- \v 3 The fragrance of the perfume on your skin is very sweet.
- \q2 And your honor is very great and is spreading,
- \q2 like the fragrance of the special oil that you have put on your skin.
- \q1 That is why the other young women are attracted to you.
- \q1
- \v 4 Take me quickly;
- \q2 take me to your home.
- \sp The woman speaking to herself
- \q1 He is like a king to me;
- \q2 he has brought me into his bedroom.
- \sp The woman speaking to her lover
- \q1 I am very happy about you;
- \q2 my love for you is better than wine.
- \q2 It is not surprising that the other young women adore you.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to the other women
- \q1
- \v 5 You women of Jerusalem,
- \q2 I am dark but beautiful;
- \q1 my dark skin is like the tents in Kedar,
- \q2 or like the beautiful curtains in Solomon’s palace.
- \q1
- \v 6 But do not stare at me because the sun has made my skin dark.
- \q1 my brothers were angry with me,
- \q1 so they forced me to work out in the sunshine in the vineyards,
- \q2 so I was not able to take good care of my body.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to her lover
- \q1
- \v 7 You whom I love, where will you take your flock of sheep today?
- \q2 Where will you allow them to rest at noontime?
- \q1 I want to know because it is not right for me to wander around like a prostitute
- \q2 looking for you among the flocks that belong to your friends.
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- \s5
- \sp Her lover answering her
- \q1
- \v 8 You who are the most beautiful of all the women,
- \q2 if you search for me and do not know where I will take my sheep,
- \q1 follow the tracks of the sheep.
- \q2 Then allow your young goats to graze near the shepherds’ tents.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 9 You are beautiful, my darling, like one of the young female horses
- \q2 that pull the chariots belonging to the king of Egypt.
- \q1
- \v 10 Your earrings are decorations for your cheeks,
- \q2 and there are strings of beads around your neck.
- \q1
- \v 11 I will make for you some gold earrings
- \q2 that are decorated with silver.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 12 While the king was on his couch,
- \q2 the smell of my perfume spread around the room.
- \q1
- \v 13 The man who loves me stays between my breasts during the night like a bag of perfume tied around my neck.
- \q2
- \v 14 He is like a bunch of flowers from the vineyards at En Gedi.
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- \s5
- \sp Her lover speaking to her
- \q1
- \v 15 You whom I love, you are beautiful;
- \q2 you are very beautiful!
- \q1 Your eyes are as delightful as doves.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to her lover
- \q1
- \v 16 You who love me, you are very delightful,
- \q2 you are wonderful!
- \q2 This green grass in the countryside will be like a couch where we can lie down.
- \q1
- \v 17 Branches of cedar trees will shade us;
- \q2 the fir branches overhead are like a roof for us.
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- \s5
- \c 2
- \sp The woman speaking to her lover
- \q1
- \v 1 I am like an insignificant flower in the plains,
- \q2 like an insignificant lily growing in a valley.
- \sp The man speaking to her
- \q1
- \v 2 Among all the other young women,
- \q2 you, the one whom I love, are like a lily growing among thorns!
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- \sp The woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 3 Among all the other men, this man is the one who loves me; he is like a tree that grows in the forest.
- \q2 Under his shade I am safe from the sun.
- \q1 When he is close to me, it is like eating sweet fruit.
- \q1
- \v 4 He led me to the room where I feasted on his love,
- \q2 where he made love to me as if he were covering me with his love.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to her lover
- \q1
- \v 5 Refresh me and strengthen me with your lovemaking.
- \q2 It is like eating raisins and other fruit,
- \q2 because I want you to love me even more.
- \sp The woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 6 I hope he puts his left arm under my head
- \q2 and holds me close with his right arm.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to the other women
- \q1
- \v 7 You young women of Jerusalem,
- \q2 I want you to take an oath, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will not
- \q1 cause us to desire love
- \q2 until the right time comes.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 8 I hear the voice of the man who loves me.
- \q2 It is as though he is leaping over the mountains
- \q1 and skipping over the hills
- \q1
- \v 9 like a deer or a gazelle.
- \q2 Now he is standing outside the wall of our house,
- \q1 looking in the window,
- \q2 and peering through the lattice.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 10 He spoke to me and said,
- \q2 “You whom I love, get up;
- \q2 my beautiful one, come with me!
- \q1
- \v 11 Look, the winter has ended;
- \q2 the rain has stopped.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 12 The flowers are blooming throughout the country.
- \q2 It is now time to sing;
- \q1 we hear the pigeons cooing.
- \q1
- \v 13 There are young figs on the fig trees,
- \q2 and there are blossoms on the grapevines
- \q1 and their fragrance fills the air.
- \q2 You whom I love, get up;
- \q2 my beautiful one, come with me!
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 14 You are like a dove hiding in the rocky cliff.
- \q1 Show me your face,
- \q2 and allow me to hear your voice,
- \q2 because your voice is sounds sweet,
- \q1 and your face is lovely.”
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to the man
- \q1
- \v 15 There are other men who ruin women as wild dogs ruin vineyards;
- \q2 do not allow those men to attack me.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 16 This man whom I love—I belong to him, and he belongs to me.
- \q2 He takes great pleasure in kissing my lips,
- \q2 as sheep love to graze in pastures.
- \sp The woman speaking to her lover
- \q1
- \v 17 You whom I love, you must go away before dawn, when the darkness disappears.
- \q2 Go away quickly, like a gazelle or like a young deer running on the high hills.
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- \s5
- \c 3
- \sp The woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 1 During the entire night while I lay on my bed,
- \q2 I was longing to see the one I love with all my heart.
- \q1 I wanted him to come,
- \q2 but he did not.
- \q1
- \v 2 So I said to myself,
- \q1 “I will get up now and walk around the city,
- \q2 through the streets and plazas,
- \q2 to search for the one whom I love with all my heart.”
- \q1 So I got up and went out to look for him,
- \q2 but I could not find him.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 3 The city watchmen saw me
- \q2 while they were patrolling in the city.
- \q1 I asked them,
- \q2 “Have you seen the one whom I love with all my heart?”
- \q1
- \v 4 As soon as I walked past them,
- \q2 I found the one whom I love with all my heart.
- \q1 I clung to him and would not let him go
- \q2 until I brought him to my mother’s house,
- \q2 to the room where my mother had conceived me.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to the other women
- \q1
- \v 5 You women of Jerusalem,
- \q2 solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will not
- \q1 disturb us while we are making love
- \q2 until we are ready to stop.
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- \s5
- \sp The young woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 6 What is that I see coming from the wilderness,
- \q2 something that is stirring up dust like a column of smoke
- \q1 like smoke from burning myrrh and incense
- \q2 made from spices imported by merchants?
- \q1
- \v 7 It is Solomon’s litter carried by servants and
- \q2 surrounded by sixty bodyguards
- \q2 chosen from the strongest soldiers in Israel.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 8 They all have swords
- \q2 and they all are trained to use them.
- \q1 Each one has his sword strapped to his side
- \q2 and is prepared for dangers that can happen during the night or day.
- \q1
- \v 9 King Solomon commanded his servants to make that litter for him;
- \q2 it was made with wood from Lebanon.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 10 The canopy that covered it was held up by silver posts,
- \q2 and the back of the litter was embroidered with gold.
- \q1 The seat was covered with purple cloth
- \q2 lovingly made by the women of Jerusalem.
- \q1
- \v 11 You women of Jerusalem,
- \q2 come and look at King Solomon
- \q1 wearing the headdress that his mother put on his head
- \q2 on the day when he was married,
- \q1 the happiest day of his life.
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- \s5
- \c 4
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- \sp The woman’s lover speaking to her
- \q1
- \v 1 My darling, you are beautiful,
- \q2 you are very beautiful!
- \q2 Underneath your veil, your eyes are as gentle as doves.
- \q1 Your long black hair moves from side to side like a flock of black goats
- \q2 moving down the slopes of Mount Gilead.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 2 Your teeth are very white,
- \q2 as white as sheep whose wool people have just cut,
- \q1 as white as sheep that people have just washed in a stream.
- \q1 You have all of your teeth on both sides;
- \q2 none of them is missing.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 3 Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon,
- \q2 and your mouth is lovely.
- \q1 Beneath your veil,
- \q2 your cheeks are round and rosy like the halves of a pomegranate.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 4 Your long neck is beautiful, like the tower of King David
- \q2 that was built using layers of stone.
- \q1 The ornaments on the necklaces around your neck are like a thousand shields hanging on the walls of a tower;
- \q2 each one belongs to a warrior.
- \q1
- \v 5 Your breasts are as delicate as two young twin deer
- \q2 eating grass among lilies.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 6 Until dawn tomorrow morning,
- \q2 when the nighttime shadows disappear,
- \q1 I will lie close to your breasts,
- \q2 because they are like two hills that smell like sweet spices.
- \q1
- \v 7 My darling, you are completely beautiful;
- \q2 your body is perfectly formed!
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 8 My darling, it is as though you were in Lebanon
- \q2 far away, where I cannot reach you.
- \q1 Come back to me.
- \q1 It is as though you were on the top of Mount Hermon
- \q2 or the nearby peaks, where I cannot go to you.
- \q1 Come from the mountains, where the lions have their dens
- \q2 and where the leopards live on the mountains.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 9 You who are most dear to me, when I see you,
- \q2 you force me to love you
- \q2 when I see you look at me, when I see a little of the jewelry that you wear around your neck.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 10 My bride, your love for me is delightful!
- \q2 It more delightful than wine!
- \q1 The fragrance of your perfume
- \q2 is more pleasing than any spice!
- \q1
- \v 11 When you kiss me, it is better than when I eat honey.
- \q2 Your kisses are as sweet as milk mixed with honey.
- \q2 The aroma of your clothes
- \q2 is like the aroma of cedar trees in Lebanon.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 12 You who are most dear to me, you are like a garden that the owner keeps locked
- \q2 in order that other men cannot enter it;
- \q1 you are like a spring that is covered
- \q2 in order that others may not drink from it.
- \q1
- \v 13 You are like an orchard of pomegranate trees
- \q2 full of delicious fruit,
- \q2 and plenty of plants that produce henna and nard spices,
- \q2
- \v 14 saffron and calamus and cinnamon
- \q2 and many other kinds of incense,
- \q2 myrrh and aloes
- \q2 and many other fine spices.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 15 You are like a fountain in a garden,
- \q2 like a spring of clear water
- \q2 that flows down from the mountains of Lebanon.
- \sp The young woman speaking to her lover
- \q1
- \v 16 I want the north wind and the south wind to come,
- \q2 and blow on my garden,
- \q1 in order that the fragrance of the spices will spread through the air.
- \q1 Similarly, I want the one who loves me to come and enjoy being close to me
- \q2 like someone comes into a garden and enjoys eating the fruit that grows there.
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- \c 5
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- \sp The woman’s lover speaking to her
- \q1
- \v 1 You who are most dear to me,
- \q2 I have come to be next to you.
- \q1 It will be as though I am gathering myrrh with my other spices,
- \q2 eating my honey and honeycomb,
- \q2 and drinking my wine and my milk.
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- \sp The woman’s lover speaking to her
- \q1 Friends, enjoy making love;
- \q2 fully enjoy all that you do with each other.
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- \s5
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- \sp The young woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 2 I was asleep, and I had a dream.
- \q2 In it I heard my lover knocking at the door.
- \q1 He said, “You who are dearer to me than my sister, my darling, my dear friend, my perfect one, my dove,
- \q2 open the door for me!
- \q1 My hair is wet from the dew,
- \q2 from the mist that has fallen during the night.”
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 3 But I had already taken off my robe;
- \q2 I did not want to put it on again to open the door.
- \q1 I had already washed my feet;
- \q2 I did not want them to get dirty again.
- \q1
- \v 4 The one who loves me put his hand through the opening in the door,
- \q2 and I was thrilled in my inner being that he was there.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 5 I got up to open the door for him,
- \q2 but first I put a lot of myrrh on my hands.
- \q1 It was dripping from my fingers
- \q2 while I unlatched the bolt.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 6 I opened the door for the man who loves me,
- \q2 but he left.
- \q1 He had turned away and was gone!
- \q2 I was very disappointed.
- \q1 I searched for him, but I could not find him;
- \q2 I called him, but he did not answer.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 7 The city watchmen saw me while they were walking around the city.
- \q1 They beat me and wounded me
- \q2 because they thought I was a prostitute;
- \q2 those men who were guarding the city walls took my robe.
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- \s5
- \sp The young woman speaking to the women of the city
- \q1
- \v 8 You young women of Jerusalem,
- \q2 I want you to take an oath
- \q1 that if you see the man who loves me,
- \q2 you will tell him that I want him so much that I feel sick.
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- \s5
- \sp The women of the city speaking to the young woman
- \q1
- \v 9 You who are the fairest among women,
- \q2 why do you think that the one who loves you is better than other men?
- \q1 In what way is he better than other men?
- \q2 Why do you want us to swear that we will tell him that?
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- \s5
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- \sp The young woman speaking to the women of the city
- \q1
- \v 10 It is because the man who loves me is handsome and healthy,
- \q2 outstanding among other men.
- \q1
- \v 11 His head is beautiful, like purest gold;
- \q2 his hair is wavy
- \q2 and as black as a raven.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 12 His eyes as gentle as doves
- \q2 along the streams;
- \q1 the white parts of his eyes are as white as milk,
- \q2 with what resembles jewels inlaid in them.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 13 His cheeks are like a garden full of spice trees
- \q2 that produce sweet-smelling perfume.
- \q1 His lips are like lilies
- \q2 that have myrrh dripping from them.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 14 His arms are like gold rods that have rounded ends,
- \q2 and that are decorated with precious stones.
- \q1 His body is like ivory
- \q2 that is decorated with sapphires.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 15 His legs are like marble columns
- \q2 that are set in bases made of pure gold.
- \q1 He is majestic, like the mountains of Lebanon,
- \q2 like delightful cedar trees.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 16 His kisses are very sweet;
- \q2 he is completely attractive.
- \q1 You young women of Jerusalem,
- \q2 this is why the man who loves me is better than all other men.
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- \s5
- \c 6
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- \sp The women of Jerusalem speaking to the young woman
- \q1
- \v 1 You who are the most beautiful of the women,
- \q2 where has the one who loves you gone?
- \q1 If you tell us which direction he went,
- \q2 we will go with you to search for him.
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- \s5
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- \sp The young woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 2 The one who loves me has come to me, I, who am like his garden,
- \q2 He has come to enjoy my charms,
- \q1 to enjoy cuddling embracing me
- \q2 and kissing my lips, which are like lilies.
- \q1
- \v 3 I belong to the one who loves me, and the one who loves me belongs to me.
- \q2 He has pleasure in kissing my lips,
- \q2 like sheep enjoy grazing.
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- \s5
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- \sp The woman’s lover speaking to her
- \q1
- \v 4 My darling, you are beautiful,
- \q2 as Tirzah the capital city of Israel and Jerusalem the capital city of Judah are beautiful;
- \q2 you make me tremble, just as if I had seen a great army approach.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 5 Stop looking at me like that,
- \q2 because your eyes excite me very much.
- \q1 Your long black hair moves from side to side like a flock of black goats
- \q2 moving down the slopes of Mount Gilead.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 6 Your teeth are very white
- \q2 like a flock of sheep whose wool has just been shorn
- \q1 and have come up from being washed in a stream.
- \q1 You have all of your teeth on both sides;
- \q2 none of them is missing.
- \q1
- \v 7 Beneath your veil,
- \q2 your cheeks are like the halves of a pomegranate.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman’s lover speaking to himself
- \q1
- \v 8 Even if a king had 60 queens and 80 concubines
- \q2 and more young women than anyone can count,
- \q1
- \v 9 none of them would be like my dove, who is perfect,
- \q2 you who are your mother’s only daughter,
- \q2 whom your mother considers to be very precious.
- \q1 Other young women who see you say that you are fortunate,
- \q2 and the queens and concubines recognize that you are very beautiful.
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- \s5
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- \sp What the queens and the concubines said
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- \v 10 Who is this who looks like the dawn,
- \q2 who is as beautiful to look at as the moon,
- \q2 who is an endless mystery?
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- \sp The woman’s lover speaking to himself
- \q1
- \v 11 I went down to some walnut trees
- \q2 to look at the new plants that were growing in the valley.
- \q1 I wanted to see if the grapevines had budded
- \q2 and if the pomegranate trees were blooming.
- \q1
- \v 12 I was as happy as if
- \q2 I were riding in a chariot belonging to a prince.
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- \s5
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- \sp The woman’s lover speaking to her
- \q1
- \v 13 You who are the perfect one,
- \q2 come back to us, in order that I may see you!
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- \sp The young woman speaking to her lover
- \q1 Why do you want to look at me, the one who is perfect,
- \q2 dancing between two rows of dancers?
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- \s5
- \c 7
- \sp The woman’s lover speaking to her
- \q1
- \v 1 You, the daughter of a prince,
- \q2 have lovely feet in your sandals.
- \q1 Your curved hips are like jewels
- \q2 that have been made by a skilled craftsman.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 2 Your navel is like a round bowl
- \q2 that I hope will always be full of wine mixed with spices.
- \q1 Your waist is like a pile of wheat
- \q2 with lilies growing around it.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 3 Your breasts are as delicate as two young twin deer.
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- \q1
- \v 4 Your neck is like a tower made of ivory.
- \q1 Your eyes sparkle the pools in the city of Heshbon,
- \q2 near the Bath Rabbim Gate.
- \q1 Your nose is long, like the tower in Lebanon
- \q2 that faces Damascus.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 5 Your head is majestic like Mount Carmel.
- \q2 Your long hair is shiny and black;
- \q2 it is as though I, your king, am captured by your tresses.
- \q1
- \v 6 My love, you are so beautiful and lovely
- \q2 with all your delights.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 7 You are stately like a palm tree,
- \q2 and your breasts are like grape clusters.
- \q1
- \v 8 I said to myself, “I will climb that palm tree
- \q2 and take hold of those clusters of dates.”
- \q1 I want your breasts to be also like clusters of grapes that I can feel;
- \q2 I want your breath to be like the sweet fragrance of apricots.
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- \s5
- \q2
- \v 9 I want your kisses to be like very good wine.
- \q1 When I kiss you, the woman who loves me,
- \q2 I want it to be as if it was wine flowing over our mouths and teeth.
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- \s5
- \sp The young woman speaking to her lover
- \q1
- \v 10 I belong to the man who loves me,
- \q2 and he desires me.
- \q1
- \v 11 You who love me, let us go to the countryside,
- \q2 and sleep in a village somewhere.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 12 And let us go early to the vineyards
- \q2 to see if the grapevines have budded
- \q2 and if there are blossoms on them that have opened,
- \q1 and see if the pomegranate trees are blooming,
- \q2 and there I will allow you to make love to me.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 13 The mandrake plants are producing a fragrant odor,
- \q2 and we are surrounded by delightful pleasures,
- \q1 new ones and old ones,
- \q2 pleasures that I have been saving to give to you, the man who loves me.
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- \c 8
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- \sp The young woman speaking to her lover
- \q1
- \v 1 I wish that everyone knew that we love each other, just as they all know that I have a brother,
- \q1 my own brother, who nursed at my mother’s breasts.
- \q2 Then whenever I met you outside, I could kiss you,
- \q and no one would criticize me.
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- \q1
- \v 2 No one would object if I led you to our mother’s house,
- \q2 to where our mother, who taught me so many things, lives.
- \q1 I would like to take you to our mother’s house so I could make love to you there.
- \q1 That would be as delightful as juice squeezed from pomegranates, as wine mixed with spices.
- \sp The young woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 3 Oh yes! He will put his left arm under my head,
- \q2 and he will hold me close with his right arm.
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- \s5
- \sp The woman speaking to the other women
- \q1
- \v 4 I want you to promise me, you women of Jerusalem,
- \q1 that you will not disturb us while we are making love
- \q2 until we are ready to stop.”
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- \s5
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- \sp The women of Jerusalem speaking
- \q1
- \v 5 Who is that woman who is coming up from the wilderness,
- \q2 the woman who is leaning on the man who loves her?
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- \sp The young woman speaking to her lover
- \q1 I woke you up when you were under the apricot tree
- \q2 at the place where your mother conceived you,
- \q2 the place where she gave birth to you.
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- \q1
- \v 6 Keep me close to you,
- \q2 like a seal on your heart,
- \q1 or like a bracelet on your arm.
- \q1 Our love for each other is as powerful as death;
- \q2 it is as strong as the grave.
- \q1 It is as though our love for each other bursts into flames
- \q2 and burns like a hot fire.
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 7 Nothing can stop us from loving each other,
- \q2 not even a flood.
- \q1 If a man tried to cause a woman to love him by saying he would give her everything that is in his house,
- \q2 she would refuse.
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- \s5
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- \sp The young woman’s brothers speaking among themselves
- \q1
- \v 8 We have a younger sister,
- \q2 and her breasts are not large yet.
- \q1 So this is what we should do for her on the day that we promise some young man that he can marry her:
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- \s5
- \q1
- \v 9 If her chest is as flat as a wall,
- \q2 we will decorate it by putting silver jewels that are like towers on her.
- \q1 If she is as flat as a door,
- \q2 we will decorate her with bits of cedar wood.
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- \s5
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- \sp The young woman speaking to herself
- \q1
- \v 10 My chest was previously flat like a wall,
- \q2 but now my breasts are big like towers.
- \q1 So I am delightful to my beloved.
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- \s5
- \sp The young woman speaking to himself
- \q1
- \v 11 King Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon,
- \q1 and he rented it to people for them to farm it.
- \q2 He required each one to pay him one thousand pieces of silver each year for the grapes that they harvested.
- \q1
- \v 12 But my body is like my own vineyard,
- \q2 and you, my lover whom I call “Solomon,” I am giving it to you.
- \q1 You do not need to pay me a thousand pieces of silver to enjoy my body,
- \q2 but I will give two hundred pieces of silver to those who take care of me.
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- \s5
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- \sp The woman’s lover speaking to her
- \q1
- \v 13 You are staying in the gardens,
- \q2 my friends are listening to your voice;
- \q2 so allow me to hear it, too!
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- \s5
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- \sp The young woman speaking to her lover
- \q1
- \v 14 You who love me, come to me quickly;
- \q2 run to me like a gazelle or young deer,
- \q1 because I am as delightful as hills of spices.
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