1: Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women?
whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
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2: My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of
spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. |
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I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among
the lilies. |
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4: Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,
terrible as an army with banners. |
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5: Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy
hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. |
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6: Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the
washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren
among them. |
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7: As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
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8: There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and
virgins without number. |
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9: My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her
mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw
her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they
praised her. |
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10: Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the
moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? |
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11: I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the
valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates
budded. |
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12: Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of
Amminadib. |
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13: Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look
upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of
two armies. |