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1. My darling my bride, I have entered my garden. I have gathered my myrrh and spice. I have eaten my honey and honeycomb. I have drunk my wine and milk. Dearest friends, eat, drink! Be drunk with love!
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1. I am come H935 into my garden H1588 , my sister H269 , my spouse H3618 : I have gathered H717 my myrrh H4753 with H5973 my spice H1313 ; I have eaten H398 my honeycomb H3293 with H5973 my honey H1706 ; I have drunk H8354 my wine H3196 with H5973 my milk H2461 : eat H398 , O friends H7453 ; drink H8354 , yea , drink abundantly H7937 , O beloved H1730 .
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2. I am asleep, but my heart is awake. I hear my lover knocking, saying; "Open to me, my darling, my love, my dove, my perfect one! My head is soaked with dew. My hair is wet with the mist of the night."
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2. I H589 sleep H3463 , but my heart H3820 waketh H5782 : it is the voice H6963 of my beloved H1730 that knocketh H1849 , saying , Open H6605 to me , my sister H269 , my love H7474 , my dove H3123 , my undefiled H8535 : for my head H7945 H7218 is filled H4390 with dew H2919 , and my locks H6977 with the drops H7447 of the night H3915 .
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3. "I have taken off my robe. I don't want to put it on again. I have washed my feet, I don't want to get them dirty again."
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3. I have put off H6584 H853 my coat H3801 ; how H349 shall I put it on H3847 ? I have washed H7364 H853 my feet H7272 ; how H349 shall I defile H2936 them?
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4. But my lover put his hand through the opening, and I felt sorry for him.
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4. My beloved H1730 put in H7971 his hand H3027 by H4480 the hole H2356 of the door , and my bowels H4578 were moved H1993 for H5921 him.
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5. I got up to open for my lover, myrrh dripping from my hands, myrrh scented lotion dripped from my fingers onto the handles of the lock.
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5. I H589 rose up H6965 to open H6605 to my beloved H1730 ; and my hands H3027 dropped H5197 with myrrh H4753 , and my fingers H676 with sweet smelling H5674 myrrh H4753 , upon H5921 the handles H3709 of the lock H4514 .
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6. I opened for my lover, but my lover had turned away and was gone! I nearly died when he came and went. I looked for him, but I couldn't find him; I called for him, but he didn't answer me.
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6. I H589 opened H6605 to my beloved H1730 ; but my beloved H1730 had withdrawn H2559 himself, and was gone H5674 : my soul H5315 failed H3318 when he spoke H1696 : I sought H1245 him , but I could not H3808 find H4672 him ; I called H7121 him , but he gave me no answer H3808 H6030 .
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7. The guards patrolling the city found me. They hit me. They hurt me. The guards on the wall took my robe from me.
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7. The watchmen H8104 that went about H5437 the city H5892 found H4672 me , they smote H5221 me , they wounded H6481 me ; the keepers H8104 of the walls H2346 took away H5375 H853 my veil H7289 from H4480 H5921 me.
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8. I tell you, women of Jerusalem, if you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.
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8. I charge H7650 you , O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 , if H518 ye find H4672 H853 my beloved H1730 , that H4100 ye tell H5046 him , that I H589 am sick H7945 H2470 of love H160 .
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9. Beautiful woman, how is your lover different from other lovers? Is your lover better than other lovers? Is that why you ask us to make this promise?
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9. What H4100 is thy beloved H1730 more than another beloved H4480 H1730 , O thou fairest H3303 among women H802 ? what H4100 is thy beloved H1730 more than another beloved H4480 H1730 , that thou dost so H7945 H3602 charge H7650 us?
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10. My lover is tanned and radiant. He would stand out among 10,000 men.
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10. My beloved H1730 is white H6703 and ruddy H122 , the chiefest H1713 among ten thousand H4480 H7233 .
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11. His head is like the purest gold. His hair is curly and as black as a raven.
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11. His head H7218 is as the most H3800 fine gold H6337 , his locks H6977 are bushy H8534 , and black H7838 as a raven H6158 .
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12. His eyes are like doves by a stream, like doves in a pool of milk, like a jewel in its setting.
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12. His eyes H5869 are as the eyes of doves H3123 by H5921 the rivers H650 of waters H4325 , washed H7364 with milk H2461 , and fitly set H4402 H3427 .
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13. His cheeks are like a garden of spices, like flowers used for perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.
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13. His cheeks H3895 are as a bed H6170 of spices H1314 , as sweet H4840 flowers H4026 : his lips H8193 like lilies H7799 , dropping H5197 sweet smelling H5674 myrrh H4753 .
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14. His arms are like gold rods, filled with jewels. His body is like smooth ivory with sapphires set in it.
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14. His hands H3027 are as gold H2091 rings H1550 set H4390 with the beryl H8658 : his belly H4578 is as bright H6247 ivory H8127 overlaid H5968 with sapphires H5601 .
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15. His legs are like marble pillars on bases of fine gold. He stands tall like the finest cedar tree in Lebanon!
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15. His legs H7785 are as pillars H5982 of marble H8336 , set H3245 upon H5921 sockets H134 of fine gold H6337 : his countenance H4758 is as Lebanon H3844 , excellent H977 as the cedars H730 .
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16. Yes, women of Jerusalem, my lover is the most desirable. His mouth is the sweetest of all. This is my lover; this is my darling.
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16. His mouth H2441 is most sweet H4477 : yea , he is altogether H3605 lovely H4261 . This H2088 is my beloved H1730 , and this H2088 is my friend H7453 , O daughters H1323 of Jerusalem H3389 .
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