1: Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair;
thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats,
that appear from mount Gilead. |
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2: Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which
came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is
barren among them. |
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3:
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is
comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
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4: Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury,
whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. |
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5: Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which
feed among the lilies. |
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6: Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me
to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. |
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7: Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
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8: Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon:
look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the
lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. |
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9: Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast
ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
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10: How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better
is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
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11: Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk
are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of
Lebanon. |
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12: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up,
a fountain sealed. |
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13: Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant
fruits; camphire, with spikenard, |
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14: Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees
of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: |
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15: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams
from Lebanon. |
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16: Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my
garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into
his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. |