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Solomon's Love Expressed

¹ "^(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.

² "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.

³ "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.

⁴ "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.

⁵ "Your ^(C1)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
That ^(C2)graze among the lilies.

⁶ "^(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.

⁷ "^(C1)You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And there is no blemish on you.

⁸ "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.

⁹ "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.

¹⁰ "^(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!

¹¹ "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.

¹² "A locked garden is my sister, my bride,
A locked spring, a ^(C1)sealed ^(C2)fountain.

¹³ "Your branches are an ^(F1)(C1)orchard of ^(C2)pomegranates
With ^(C3)delicious fruits, ^(C4)henna with nard plants,

^14 (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.

¹⁵ "You are a garden spring,
A well of ^(F1)(C1)fresh water,
And flowing streams from Lebanon."

The Bride

¹⁶ "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!"