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"How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead.

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

"Your 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.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

"Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is beautiful. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.

Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

"Your neck is like the tower of David, Built with layers of stones On which are hung a thousand shields, All the round shields of the warriors.

Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle That graze among the lilies.

Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

"Until the cool of the day When the shadows flee, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense.

Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

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

Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.