Song Of Solomon Chapter 5 (NIV)
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LoverI have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;I have drunk my wine and my milk.FriendsEat, O friends, and drink;drink your fill, O lovers.
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BelovedI slept but my heart was awake.Listen! My lover is knocking:“Open to me, my sister, my darling,my dove, my flawless one.My head is drenched with dew,my hair with the dampness of the night.”
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I have taken off my robe—must I put it on again?I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?
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My lover thrust his hand through the latch-opening;my heart began to pound for him.
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I arose to open for my lover,and my hands dripped with myrrh,my fingers with flowing myrrh,on the handles of the lock.
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I opened for my lover,but my lover had left; he was gone.My heart sank at his departure.I looked for him but did not find him.I called him but he did not answer.
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The watchmen found meas they made their rounds in the city.They beat me, they bruised me;they took away my cloak,those watchmen of the walls!
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O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you—if you find my lover,what will you tell him?Tell him I am faint with love.
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FriendsHow is your beloved better than others,most beautiful of women?How is your beloved better than others,that you charge us so?
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BelovedMy lover is radiant and ruddy,outstanding among ten thousand.
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His head is purest gold;his hair is wavyand black as a raven.
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His eyes are like dovesby the water streams,washed in milk,mounted like jewels.
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His cheeks are like beds of spiceyielding perfume.His lips are like liliesdripping with myrrh.
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His arms are rods of goldset with chrysolite.His body is like polished ivorydecorated with sapphires.
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His legs are pillars of marbleset on bases of pure gold.His appearance is like Lebanon,choice as its cedars.
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His mouth is sweetness itself;he is altogether lovely.This is my lover, this my friend,O daughters of Jerusalem.
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