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My lover is mine, and I am his! My lover feeds among the lilies,

Women of Zion, come out and see King Solomon. See the crown his mother put on him the day he was married, the day he was so happy!

Wake up, north wind. Come, south wind. Blow on my garden. Spread its sweet smell. Let my lover enter his garden and eat its pleasant fruit.

But my lover put his hand through the opening, and I felt sorry for him.

His head is like the purest gold. His hair is curly and as black as a raven.

His eyes are like doves by a stream, like doves in a pool of milk, like a jewel in its setting.

His cheeks are like a garden of spices, like flowers used for perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.

His arms are like gold rods, filled with jewels. His body is like smooth ivory with sapphires set in it.

His legs are like marble pillars on bases of fine gold. He stands tall like the finest cedar tree in Lebanon!

Yes, women of Jerusalem, my lover is everything I desire. His mouth is the sweetest of all. This is my lover; this is my darling.

My lover has gone down to his garden, where sweet-smelling spices grow. There, like a sheep, he will eat the grass, and he will enjoy the lilies.

If you were a baby, like my little brother nursing at his mother's breasts, and if I found you outside, I could kiss you, and no one would say it was wrong.

His left arm is under my head, and his right hand holds me.

People from many places will go there and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of the Lord , to the Temple of the God of Jacob. Then God will teach us his way of living, and we will follow him." His teaching, the Lord 's message, will begin in Jerusalem on Mount Zion and will go out to all the world.

Jacob's land has been filled with silver and gold from other places. There are many treasures there. His land has been filled with horses and many chariots.

His land is full of gods that the people bow down to worship. They made those idols themselves.

You should be afraid of the Lord ! Go hide in the dirt and behind the rocks. Hide from his glorious power!

People will go into the holes in the ground and the cracks in the rocks because they fear the Lord and his great power as he stands to shake the earth.

They will go down into cracks in the rocks and boulders because they are afraid of the Lord and his glorious power as he stands to shake the earth.

At that time a man will grab one of his brothers from his own family and tell him, "You have a coat, so you will be our leader. You will be the leader over all these ruins."