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"A locked garden is my sister, my bride, A locked spring, a sealed fountain.

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

"Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates With delicious fruits, henna with nard plants,

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

Nard and saffron, spice reed and cinnamon, With all the trees of frankincense, Myrrh, and aloes, along with all the finest balsam oils.

Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

"You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And flowing streams from Lebanon."

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

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

Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

"I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and drink deeply, lovers."

I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.