Song of Solomon 5
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Holman Christian Standard BibleNew American Standard Bible 1995
1M I have come to my garden--my sister, my bride. I gather my myrrh with my spices. I eat my honeycomb with my honey. I drink my wine with my milk. N Eat, friends! Drink, be intoxicated with love! W1"I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers."
2I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My love is knocking! M Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one. For my head is drenched with dew, my hair with droplets of the night. W2"I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: 'Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of the night.'
3I have taken off my clothing. How can I put it back on? I have washed my feet. How can I get them dirty? 3"I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again?
4My love thrust his hand through the opening, and my feelings were stirred for him. 4"My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my feelings were aroused for him.
5I rose to open for my love. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt. 5"I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the bolt.
6I opened to my love, but my love had turned and gone away. I was crushed that he had left. I sought him, but did not find him. I called him, but he did not answer. 6"I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and had gone! My heart went out to him as he spoke. I searched for him but I did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.
7The guards who go about the city found me. They beat and wounded me; they took my cloak from me-- the guardians of the walls. 7"The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, They struck me and wounded me; The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.
8Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you: if you find my love, tell him that I am lovesick. Y8"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For I am lovesick."
9What makes the one you love better than another, most beautiful of women? What makes him better than another, that you would give us this charge? W9"What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That thus you adjure us?"
10My love is fit and strong, notable among ten thousand. 10"My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, Outstanding among ten thousand.
11His head is purest gold. His hair is wavy and black as a raven. 11"His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.
12His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, washed in milk and set like jewels. 12"His eyes are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk, And reposed in their setting.
13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh. 13"His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips are lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh.
14His arms are rods of gold set with topaz. His body is an ivory panel covered with sapphires. 14"His hands are rods of gold Set with beryl; His abdomen is carved ivory Inlaid with sapphires.
15His legs are alabaster pillars set on pedestals of pure gold. His presence is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars. 15"His legs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon Choice as the cedars.
16His mouth is sweetness. He is absolutely desirable. This is my love, and this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem. 16"His mouth is full of sweetness. And he is wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem."
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