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Go forth and gaze, ye daughters of Zion, upon King Solomon, - wearing the crown, wherewith his mother, crowned him, in the day of his marriage, and in the day of his heart gladness.

SHEAwake, O north wind, and come in, thou south, Fan my garden - its balsams, will flow out, - Let my beloved enter his garden, and eat his precious fruits.

My beloved, thrust in his hand, at the window, and, my feelings, were deeply moved for him:

His head, is pure gold, - his locks, are bushy, black as a raven;

His eyes, like doves, by the channels of water, - bathing in milk, set as gems in a ring:

His cheeks, like a raised bed of balsam, growing plants of perfume, - His lips, lilies, dripping with myrrh distilling:

His hands, cylinders of gold, set with topaz, - His body, wrought work of ivory, covered with sapphires:

His legs, pillars of white marble, founded on sockets of gold, - His form, like Lebanon, choice as cedars:

His mouth, most sweet, yea, altogether, he is delightful, - This, is my beloved, yea, this, is my dear one, ye daughters of Jerusalem.

SHEMy beloved, is gone down to his garden, to the beds of balsam, - to pasture in the gardens, and to gather lilies,

I, am my beloved's, and, unto me, is his longing.

His left hand under my head, then, his right hand, embraceth me.

Many waters, cannot quench love, nor shall, floods, overwhelm it, - If a man would give all the substance of his house, for love, they would, utterly despise, him. ****

SHEI, was a wall, and, my breasts, like towers, - Then, became I, in his eyes, one who did indeed find good content.

An ox knoweth, his owner, And an ass his masters crib, - Israel, doth not know, My people doth not consider.

Then shall the strong one become tow, And his work a spark, - And they shall both blaze together And there be none to quench the fire.

And many peoples shall go and say - Come ye, and let us ascend Unto the mountain of Yahweh Unto the house of the God of Jacob, That he may teach us of his ways, And we may walk in his paths, - For, out of Zion, shall go forth a law, And the word of Yahweh out of Jerusalem;

Enter into the rock, Or hide thee in the dust, - Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour.

And they shall enter into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of clay, - Because of the terribleness of Yahweh, And for his majestic splendour, When he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

In that day shall the son of earth cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, - which had been made for him to worship, into the hole of the mice, and to the bats;