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- Behold, thou art fair, my love;
behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead.
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- Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing;
Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
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- Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely;
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.
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- Thy neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armoury: A thousand bucklers hang thereon, All shields of mighty men.
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- Thy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, Which feed among the lilies.
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- Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.
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- Thou art all fair, my love;
And there is no spot in thee.
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- [Come] with me, from Lebanon, [my] spouse, With me from Lebanon, — Come, look from the top of Amanah, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.
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- 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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- How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse!
How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices!
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- Thy lips, [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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- A garden enclosed is my sister, [my] spouse;
A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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- Thy shoots are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits;
Henna with spikenard plants;
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- Spikenard and saffron;
Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
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- A fountain in the gardens, A well of living waters, Which stream from Lebanon.
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- Awake, north wind, and come, [thou] south;
Blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow forth. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat its precious fruits.
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