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"Come, my beloved, let's go out to the country, Let's spend the night in the villages.

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

"Let's rise early and go to the vineyards; Let's see whether the vine has grown And its buds have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love.

Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

"The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all delicious fruits, New as well as old, Which I have saved for you, my beloved.

The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.