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While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his intention toward me was love.

O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!

My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

all equipped with swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh because of alarms by night.

come out. Look, O daughters of Zion, at King Solomon, at the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden that its fragrance may be wafted abroad. Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.

My beloved thrust his hand into the opening, and my inmost being yearned for him.

His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.

His eyes are like doves beside springs of water, bathed in milk, fitly set.

His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding fragrance. His lips are lilies, distilling liquid myrrh.

His arms are rounded gold, set with jewels. His body is ivory work, encrusted with sapphires.

His legs are alabaster columns, set upon bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

O that his left hand were under my head, and that his right hand embraced me!

I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who brings peace.