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"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."

"I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: 'Open to me, ^(C1)my sister, my darling, ^(C2)My dove, my perfect one! For my head is ^(F1)drenched with dew, My ^(C3)locks with the dew drops of the night.'

-"I have ^(C1)taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have ^(C2)washed my feet, How can I dirty them again?

-"My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my ^(C1)feelings were stirred for him.

-"I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands ^(C1)dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with drops of myrrh, On the handles of the bolt.

-"I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had ^(C1)turned away and had gone! My ^(F1)heart went out to him as he ^(C2)spoke. I ^(C3)searched for him but I did not find him; I ^(C4)called him but he did not answer me.

-"The ^(C1)watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, They struck me and wounded me; The guards of the walls took my shawl away from me.

-"^(C1)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For ^(C2)I am lovesick."

"^(F1)What kind of beloved is your beloved, O ^(C1)most beautiful among women? ^(F1)What kind of beloved is your beloved, That you make us swear in this way?"

"My beloved is dazzling and ^(F1)(C1)reddish, ^(C2)Outstanding among ten thousand.

-"His head is like gold, pure gold; His ^(C1)locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven.

-"His ^(C1)eyes are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk, And perched in their ^(C2)setting.

-"His cheeks are like a ^(C1)bed of balsam, ^(F1)Banks of herbal spices; His lips are ^(C2)lilies ^(C3)Dripping with drops of myrrh.

-"His hands are rods of gold Set with ^(C1)topaz; His abdomen is panels of ivory Covered with ^(F1)(C2)sapphires.

-"His thighs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like ^(C1)Lebanon, Choice as the ^(C2)cedars.

-"His ^(F1)(C1)mouth is full of sweetness. And he is wholly ^(C2)desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, You daughters of Jerusalem."

"^(C1)Where has your beloved gone, O ^(C2)most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, That we may seek him with you?"

"My beloved has gone down to his ^(C1)garden, To the ^(C2)beds of balsam, To ^(C3)pasture his flock in the gardens And gather ^(C4)lilies.

-"^(C1)I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine, He who ^(C2)pastures his flock among the lilies."

"^(C1)You are as beautiful as ^(C2)Tirzah, my darling, As ^(C3)lovely as ^(C4)Jerusalem, As ^(C5)awesome as an army with banners.

-"Turn your eyes away from me, For they have confused me; ^(C1)Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Gilead.

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

-"^(C1)Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.

-"There are sixty ^(C1)queens and eighty concubines, And ^(F1)(C2)young women without number;

But ^(C1)my dove, my perfect one, is ^(F1)unique: She is her mother's ^(F1)only daughter; She is the pure child of the one who gave birth to her. The ^(F2)(C2)young women saw her and called her ^(F3)blessed, The ^(C3)queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

'Who is this who looks down like the dawn, As beautiful as the full ^(C1)moon, As pure ^(C2)as the sun, As ^(C3)awesome as an army with banners?'

-"I went down to the orchard of nut trees To see the plants of the valley, To see whether ^(C1)the vine had grown Or the ^(C2)pomegranates had bloomed.

-"^(F1)Before I was aware, my soul set me Over the chariots of ^(F2)my noble people."

"^(F1)Come back, come back, O Shulammite; Come back, come back, so that we may look at you!" The Groom "Why should you look at the Shulammite, As at the ^(C1)dance of ^(F2)(C2)the two armies?