Song of Solomon 5
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1I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers! 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! W
2I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: "Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night." 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. W
3"I have already taken off my robe--must I put it on again? I have already washed my feet--must I soil them again?" 3I have taken off my clothing. How can I put it back on? I have washed my feet. How can I get them dirty?
4My lover thrust his hand through the hole, and my feelings were stirred for him. 4My love thrust his hand through the opening, and my feelings were stirred for him.
5I arose to open for my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh--my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock. 5I rose to open for my love. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
6I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me. 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.
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 on the walls! 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.
8O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you--If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick! 8Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you: if you find my love, tell him that I am lovesick. Y
9Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner? 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? W
10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy; he stands out in comparison to all other men. 10My love is fit and strong, notable among ten thousand.
11His head is like the most pure gold. His hair is curly--black like a raven. 11His head is purest gold. His hair is wavy and black as a raven.
12His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels. 12His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, washed in milk and set like jewels.
13His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh. 13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
14His arms are like rods of gold set with chrysolite. His abdomen is like polished ivory inlaid with sapphires. 14His arms are rods of gold set with topaz. His body is an ivory panel covered with sapphires.
15His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars. 15His legs are alabaster pillars set on pedestals of pure gold. His presence is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
16His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem! 16His mouth is sweetness. He is absolutely desirable. This is my love, and this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem.
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