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I adjure you, ye daughters of Jerusalem, - If ye find my beloved, what will ye tell him? That, sick with love, I am.

DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEMWhat is thy beloved more than any other beloved, thou most beautiful among women? What is thy beloved more than any other beloved, that, thus, thou hast adjured us?

SHE.My beloved, is white and ruddy, conspicuous beyond ten thousand:

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.