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If you do not know, g O fairest among women,
1 Follow in the footsteps of the flock,
And feed your little goats
Beside the shepherds' tents.
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I have compared you, h my love,
i To my filly among Pharaoh's chariots.
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j Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
Your neck with chains of gold.
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We will make 2 you 3 ornaments of gold
With studs of silver.
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While the king is at his table,
My 4 spikenard sends forth its fragrance.
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A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me,
That lies all night between my breasts.
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My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms
In the vineyards of En Gedi.
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k Behold, you are fair, 5 my love!
Behold, you are fair!
You have dove's eyes.
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Behold, you are l handsome, my beloved!
Yes, pleasant!
Also our 6 bed is green.
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The beams of our houses are cedar,
And our rafters of fir.
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I am the rose of Sharon,
And the lily of the valleys.
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Like a lily among thorns,
So is my love among the daughters.
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Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods,
So is my beloved among the sons.
I sat down in his shade with great delight,
And a his fruit was sweet to my taste.
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He brought me to the 7 banqueting house,
And his banner over me was love.
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Sustain me with cakes of raisins,
Refresh me with apples,
For I am lovesick.
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b His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
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c I 8 charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.