Song of Solomon 5
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1I have entered my garden, my treasure, my bride! I gather myrrh with my spices and eat honeycomb with my honey. I drink wine with my milk. Young Women of Jerusalem Oh, lover and beloved, eat and drink! Yes, drink deeply of your love! Young Woman1I 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.
2I slept, but my heart was awake, when I heard my lover knocking and calling: “Open to me, my treasure, my darling, my dove, my perfect 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 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.”
3But I responded, “I have taken off my robe. Should I get dressed again? I have washed my feet. Should I get them soiled?”3I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?
4My lover tried to unlatch the door, and my heart thrilled within me.4My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
5I jumped up to open the door for my love, and my hands dripped with perfume. My fingers dripped with lovely myrrh as I pulled back the bolt.5I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
6I opened to my lover, but he was gone! My heart sank. I searched for him but could not find him anywhere. I called to him, but there was no reply.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.
7The night watchmen found me as they made their rounds. They beat and bruised me and stripped off my veil, those watchmen on the walls.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.
8Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem— If you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love. Young Women of Jerusalem8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
9Why is your lover better than all others, O woman of rare beauty? What makes your lover so special that we must promise this? Young Woman9How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
10My lover is dark and dazzling, better than ten thousand others!10My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
11His head is finest gold, his wavy hair is black as a raven.11His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
12His eyes sparkle like doves beside springs of water; they are set like jewels washed in milk.12His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
13His cheeks are like gardens of spices giving off fragrance. His lips are like lilies, perfumed with myrrh.13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
14His arms are like rounded bars of gold, set with beryl. His body is like bright ivory, glowing with lapis lazuli.14His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.
15His legs are like marble pillars set in sockets of finest gold. His posture is stately, like the noble cedars of Lebanon.15His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
16His mouth is sweetness itself; he is desirable in every way. Such, O women of Jerusalem, is my lover, my friend.16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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