Song of Solomon 5
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1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Friends Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.
2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.2I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My beloved is knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."
3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?3I have taken off my robe-- must I put it on again? I have washed my feet-- must I soil them again?
4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.4My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening; my heart began to pound for him.
5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.5I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the bolt.
6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.6I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.
7The 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.7The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen of the walls!
8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.8Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you-- if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.
9What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?9How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us?
10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.10My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.11His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.12His eyes are like doves by the water streams, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.
13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.13His cheeks are like beds of spice yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with myrrh.
14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.14His arms are rods of gold set with topaz. His body is like polished ivory decorated with lapis lazuli.
15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.15His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.
16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.16His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
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