Song of Solomon 5
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- 1"I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spices and eaten my honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk." Eat, friends! Drink deeply, beloved ones!
- 2I was asleep, but my heart was awake. I heard my beloved knocking, saying, 'Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one. My head is drenched with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.'
- 3I have taken off my robe; how can I put it back on? I have washed my feet; how can I get them dirty again?
- 4My beloved put his hand through the opening in the door, and my insides stirred for him.
- 5I got up to open the door for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, and liquid myrrh ran from my fingers onto the handles of the lock.
- 6I opened to my beloved, but he had withdrawn himself and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
- 7The watchmen making their rounds through the city found me. They beat me and bruised me. The guards on the walls took away my veil from me.
- 8I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, tell him that I am lovesick.
- 9What makes your beloved different from any other, O fairest among women? What makes your beloved stand out that you give us such a charge?
- 10My beloved is white and ruddy, the most distinguished among ten thousand.
- 11His head is as the finest gold; his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
- 12His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk and perfectly set.
- 13His cheeks are like beds of spices, like sweet flowers. His lips are like lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.
- 14His hands are like gold rings set with beryl. His body is like polished ivory decorated with sapphires.
- 15His legs are like pillars of marble, set on bases of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
- 16His mouth is pure sweetness — everything about him is lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.