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| 1Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. | 1Look at you! You are beautiful, my darling. Look at you! You are so beautiful. Your eyes behind your veil are doves, your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mt. Gilead. |
| 2Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and not one among them has lost its young. | 2Your teeth are like a flock of sheep about to be sheared, who are coming up from being washed. All of them are twins, not one has lost her young. |
| 3Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil. | 3Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your temple is like a slice of pomegranate. |
| 4Your neck is like the tower of David, built in rows of stone; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors. | 4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones. A thousand shields are hung upon it, all the shields of the warriors. |
| 5Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, that graze among the lilies. | 5Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies. |
| 6Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go away to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense. | 6Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, I'll go to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense. |
| 7You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. | 7My darling, you are altogether beautiful and there is no blemish in you. |
| 8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards. | 8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. May you journey from the top of Amana, from the tops of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountain lairs of leopards. |
| 9You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. | 9You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride. You have made my heart beat faster with one glance of your eyes, with one strand of your necklace. |
| 10How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! | 10How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride. How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all kinds of spices. |
| 11Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. | 11Your lips drip honey, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue. The scent of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. |
| 12A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed. | 12My sister, my bride, is a locked garden a locked rock garden, a sealed up spring. |
| 13Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard, | 13Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with choice fruit, henna with nard, |
| 14nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices— | 14nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, along with myrrh and aloes, and all the finest spices. |
| 15a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon. | 15You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water, streams flowing from Lebanon. |
| 16Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits. | 16Awake, north wind, and come, south wind. Make my garden breathe out, let its fragrance flow. Let my beloved come into his garden, and let him eat its choicest fruits. |
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