Song of Solomon 5
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1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; 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, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.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 sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! 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.”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
3I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have 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 beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.4My love thrust his hand through the opening, and my feelings were stirred for him.
5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.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 he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.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.
7I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of 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 daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.8Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you: if you find my love, tell him that I am lovesick. Y
9How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?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, outstanding among ten thousand.10My love is fit and strong, notable among ten thousand.
11His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.11His head is purest gold. His hair is wavy and black as a raven.
12His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.12His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, washed in milk and set like jewels.
13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
14His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.14His arms are rods of gold set with topaz. His body is an ivory panel covered with sapphires.
15His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the 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 most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters 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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