Songs:5

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* I have come to my garden , my sister , my spouse ; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice ; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey ; I have drunk my wine with my milk . Eat , O friends ! Drink , yes , drink deeply , O beloved ones ! * I sleep , but my heart is awake ; It is the voice of my beloved ! He knocks , saying , "Open for me , my sister , my love , My dove , my perfect one ; For my head is covered with dew , My locks with the drops of the night ." * I have taken off my robe ; How can I put it on again ? I have washed my feet ; How can I defile them ? * My beloved put his hand By the latch of the door , And my heart yearned for him . * I arose to open for my beloved , And my hands dripped with myrrh , My fingers with liquid myrrh , On the handles of the lock . * I opened for my beloved , But my beloved had turned away and was gone . My heart leaped up when he spoke . I sought him , but I could not find him ; I called him , but he gave me no answer . * The watchmen who went about the city found me . They struck me , they wounded me ; The keepers of the walls Took my veil away from me . * I charge you , O daughters of Jerusalem , If you find my beloved , That you tell him I am lovesick ! * What is your beloved More than another beloved , O fairest among women ? What is your beloved More than another beloved , That you so charge us ? * My beloved is white and ruddy , Chief among ten thousand . * His head is like the finest gold ; His locks are wavy , And black as a raven . * His eyes are like doves By the rivers of waters , Washed with milk , And fitly set . * His cheeks are like a bed of spices , Banks of scented herbs . His lips are lilies , Dripping liquid myrrh . * His hands are rods of gold Set with beryl . His body is carved ivory Inlaid with sapphires . * His legs are pillars of marble Set on bases of fine gold . His countenance is like Lebanon , Excellent as the cedars . * His mouth is most sweet , Yes , he is altogether lovely . This is my beloved , And this is my friend , O daughters of Jerusalem !

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