Song of Songs 5
1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice, eaten my honeycomb with my honey, and drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends; drink and be drunk with love.
2 I was asleep, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved, knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my dear one, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.”
3 I have taken off my robe; how can I put it on again? I have washed my feet; how can I soil them?
4 My beloved reached his hand through the opening, and my heart stirred for him.
5 I rose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, over the handles of the bolt.
6 I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My life ebbed away when he spoke. I searched for him but did not find him; I called for him, but he did not answer me.
7 The guards patrolling the city found me; they beat me and wounded me. The guards on the walls took my cloak away from me.
8 I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem: if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? That I am sick with love.
9 What makes your beloved different from another beloved, fairest among women? What makes your beloved different from another beloved, that you make us swear like this?
10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
11 His head is pure gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, washed in milk, resting beside a full pool.
13 His cheeks are like beds of spices, towers of perfume. His lips are lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
14 His hands are gold rings set with jewels of Tarshish. His body is polished ivory covered with sapphires.
15 His legs are pillars of marble, set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
16 His mouth is sweetness itself, and everything about him is desirable. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
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