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"^(F1)(C1)What is this coming up from the wilderness Like ^(C2)columns of smoke, Perfumed with ^(C3)myrrh and ^(C4)frankincense, With all the scented powders of the merchant?

-"Behold, it is ^(F1)the traveling couch of Solomon; Sixty warriors around it, Of the warriors of Israel.

-"All of them are wielders of the sword, ^(C1)Expert in war; Each man has his ^(C2)sword at his side, Guarding against the ^(F1)(C3)terrors of the night.

-"King Solomon has made for himself a ^(F1)sedan chair From the timber of Lebanon.

-"He made its posts of silver, Its ^(F1)back of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly inlaid By the ^(C1)daughters of Jerusalem.

-"Go out, you ^(C1)daughters of Zion, And look at King Solomon with the ^(F1)crown With which his mother has crowned him On the ^(C2)day of his wedding, And on the day of the joy of his heart."

"^(F1)How beautiful ^(C1)you are, my darling, ^(F1)How beautiful you are! Your ^(C2)eyes are like doves ^(C3)behind your veil; Your ^(C4)hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount ^(C5)Gilead.

-"Your ^(C1)teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep Which have come up from their watering place, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young.

-"Your lips are like a ^(C1)scarlet thread, And your ^(C2)mouth is beautiful. Your ^(C3)temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.

-"Your ^(C1)neck is like the tower of David, Built with layers of stones On which are ^(C2)hung a thousand shields, All the round ^(C3)shields of the warriors.

-"Your ^(C1)two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle That ^(C2)graze among the lilies.

-"^(C1)Until ^(F1)the cool of the day When the shadows flee, I will go my way to the mountain of ^(C2)myrrh And to the hill of ^(C2)frankincense.

"^(C1)You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish on you.

-"Come with me from ^(C1)Lebanon, my ^(C2)bride, You shall come with me from Lebanon. You shall ^(F1)come down from the summit of ^(C3)Amana, From the summit of ^(C4)Senir and Hermon, From the dens of lions, From the mountains of leopards.

-"You have ^(F1)enchanted my heart, ^(C1)my sister, my bride; You have ^(F1)enchanted my heart with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your ^(C2)necklace.

-"^(C1)How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much ^(F1)(C2)sweeter is your love than wine, And the ^(C3)fragrance of your oils Than that of all kinds of balsam oils!

-"Your lips ^(C1)drip ^(C2)honey, my bride; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the ^(C3)fragrance of Lebanon.

-"A locked garden is my sister, my bride, A locked spring, a ^(C1)sealed ^(C2)fountain.

-"Your branches are an ^(F1)(C1)orchard of ^(C2)pomegranates With ^(C3)delicious fruits, ^(C4)henna with nard plants,

^(C1)Nard and saffron, spice reed and ^(C2)cinnamon, With all the trees of ^(C3)frankincense, ^(C4)Myrrh, and aloes, along with all the finest balsam oils.

-"You are a garden spring, A well of ^(F1)(C1)fresh water, And flowing streams from Lebanon."

"Awake, north wind, And come, wind of the south; ^(F1)Make my ^(C1)garden breathe out fragrance, May its balsam oils flow. May ^(C2)my beloved come into his garden And eat its ^(C3)delicious fruits!"

"I have ^(C1)come into my garden, ^(C2)my sister, my bride; I have gathered my ^(C3)myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb with my ^(C4)honey; I have ^(C5)drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, ^(C6)friends; Drink and ^(F1)drink deeply, lovers."