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"^(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.

-"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.

-"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.

-"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.

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

-"^(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.

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

-"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.

-"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.

-"^(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!

-"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.

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

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

^(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.

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

"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!"

"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."