[an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1"I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers." |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2"I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: 'Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of the night.' |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again? |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4"My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my feelings were aroused for him. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5"I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the bolt. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and had gone! My heart went out to him as he spoke. I searched for him but I did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7"The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, They struck me and wounded me; The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For I am lovesick." |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9"What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That thus you adjure us?" |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, Outstanding among ten thousand. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12"His eyes are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk, And reposed in their setting. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips are lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"His hands are rods of gold Set with beryl; His abdomen is carved ivory Inlaid with sapphires. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15"His legs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon Choice as the cedars. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16"His mouth is full of sweetness. And he is wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem." |
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