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when they will be afraid to go up a hill, and terrors will stalk the way, even though the almond tree is in bloom; when the locust can only drag itself along, and the caper berry has no [aphrodisiac] effect — because the person is headed for his eternal home, and the mourners are already gathering in the marketplace —

Here is the final conclusion, now that you have heard everything: fear God, and keep his mitzvot; this is what being human is all about.

For God will bring to judgment everything we do, including every secret, whether good or bad. [Here is the final conclusion, now that you have heard everything: fear God, and keep his mitzvot; this is what being human is all about.]

[She] Let him smother me with kisses from his mouth, for your love is better than wine.

"Take me with you. We will run after you." The king has brought me into his rooms. [Chorus] We will be glad and rejoice for you. We will praise your love more than wine. How right it is for them to love you!

[She] Like an apple tree among the other trees in the forest is my darling among the other men. I love to sit in his shadow; his fruit is sweet to my taste.

He brings me to the banquet hall; his banner over me is love.

[I wish] his left arm [were] under my head, and his right arm around me.

My darling is mine, and I am his, as he pastures his flock among the lilies.

all of them wield the sword and are expert fighters; each one has his sword ready at his side to combat the terrors of night.

Daughters of Tziyon, come out, and gaze upon King Shlomo, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, his day of joy!

[She] Awake, north wind! Come, south wind! Blow on my garden to spread its fragrance. Let my darling enter his garden and eat its finest fruit.

The man I love put his hand through the hole by the door-latch, and my heart began pounding at the thought of him.

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

His eyes are like doves by running streams, bathed in milk and set just right.

His cheeks are like beds of spices, like banks of fragrant herbs. His lips are like lilies dripping with sweet myrrh.

His arms are rods of gold set with beryl, his body polished ivory adorned with sapphires.

His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like the L'vanon, as imposing as the cedars.

His words are sweetness itself; he is altogether desirable. This is my darling, and this is my friend, daughters of Yerushalayim.

[She] My darling went down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.