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1 Bride: <font color=#0000CC>I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys.</font> 2 Groom: <font color=#CC0000>Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters.</font> 3 Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.</font> 4 <font color=#0000CC>He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me.</font> 5 <font color=#0000CC>Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love.</font> 6 <font color=#0000CC>His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.</font> 7 Groom to Chorus: <font color=#CC0000>I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, even for as long as she wills.</font> 8 Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.</font> 9 <font color=#0000CC>My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag.</font> <V 2:10><font color=#0000CC>Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices.</font> Song of Solomon 2:1-9, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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