Song of Solomon 5
The Torment of Separation
1 ▼▼ BRIDEGROOM
“I have bcome into my garden, cmy sister, my bride;I have gathered my dmyrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb ▼
▼ Lit with
and my fhoney;I have gdrunk my wine ▼
▼ Lit with
and my milk.Eat, ifriends;
Drink and ▼
▼ Or become drunk
imbibe deeply, O lovers.”2 ▼
▼ BRIDE
“I was asleep but my heart was awake.A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, lmy sister, my darling,
mMy dove, my perfect one!
For my head is ▼
▼ Lit filled
drenched with dew,My olocks with the ▼
▼ Lit drops
damp of the night.’3“I have qtaken off my dress,
How can I put it on again?
I have rwashed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?
4“My beloved extended his hand through the opening,
And my ▼
▼ Lit bowels
,
tfeelings were aroused for him.5“I arose to open to my beloved;
And my hands udripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with ▼
▼ Lit passing
liquid myrrh,On the handles of the bolt.
6“I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had wturned away and had gone!
My ▼
▼ Lit soul
heart went out to him as he yspoke.I zsearched for him but I did not find him;
I aacalled him but he did not answer me.
7“The abwatchmen 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“I acadjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
As to what you will tell him:
For adI am lovesick.”
9 ▼
▼ CHORUS
,
▼▼ Or What is your beloved more than another beloved
“What kind of beloved is your beloved,O agmost beautiful among women?
▼
▼ Or What is your beloved more than another beloved
What kind of beloved is your beloved,That thus you adjure us?”
Admiration by the Bride
10 ▼▼ BRIDE
“My beloved is dazzling and ajruddy,▼
▼ Lit Lifted up banner
,
alOutstanding among ten thousand.11“His head is like gold, pure gold;
His amlocks are like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
12“His aneyes are like doves
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk,
And ▼
▼ Lit sitting upon
reposed in their apsetting.13“His cheeks are like a aqbed of balsam,
Banks of sweet-scented herbs;
His lips are arlilies
asDripping with liquid myrrh.
14“His hands are rods of gold
Set with atberyl;
His abdomen is carved ivory
Inlaid with ▼
▼ Lit lapis lazuli
,
avsapphires.15“His legs are pillars of alabaster
Set on pedestals of pure gold;
His appearance is like awLebanon
Choice as the axcedars.
16“His ▼
▼ Lit palate
,
azmouth is full of sweetness.And he is wholly badesirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.”
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