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\c 1
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\p
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\v 1 This is King Solomon's most beautiful song.
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\sp The young woman speaking to her lover
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\q1
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\v 2 Kiss me on my lips,
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\q2 because your love for me is more delightful than wine.
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\q1
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\v 3 The fragrance of the perfume on your skin is very sweet.
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\q2 And your honor is very great and is spreading,
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\q2 like the fragrance of the special oil that you have put on your skin.
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\q1 That is why the other young women are attracted to you.
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\q1
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\v 4 Take me quickly;
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\q2 take me to your home.
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\sp The woman speaking to herself
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\q1 He is like a king to me;
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\q2 he has brought me into his bedroom.
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\sp The woman speaking to her lover
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\q1 I am very happy about you;
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\q2 my love for you is better than wine.
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\q2 It is not surprising that the other young women adore you.
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\s5
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\sp The woman speaking to the other women
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\q1
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\v 5 You women of Jerusalem,
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\q2 I am dark but beautiful;
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\q1 my dark skin is like the tents in Kedar,
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\q2 or like the beautiful curtains in Solomon's palace.
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\q1
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\v 6 But do not stare at me because the sun has made my skin dark.
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\q1 my brothers were angry with me,
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\q1 so they forced me to work out in the sunshine in the vineyards,
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\q2 so I was not able to take good care of my body.
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\s5
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\sp The woman speaking to her lover
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\q1
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\v 7 You whom I love, where will you take your flock of sheep today?
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\q2 Where will you allow them to rest at noontime?
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\q1 I want to know because it is not right for me to wander around like a prostitute
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\q2 looking for you among the flocks that belong to your friends.
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\s5
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\sp Her lover answering her
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\q1
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\v 8 You who are the most beautiful of all the women,
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\q2 if you search for me and do not know where I will take my sheep,
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\q1 follow the tracks of the sheep.
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\q2 Then allow your young goats to graze near the shepherds' tents.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 You are beautiful, my darling, like one of the young female horses
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\q2 that pull the chariots belonging to the king of Egypt.
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\q1
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\v 10 Your cheeks are decorated with jewelry,
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\q2 and there are strings of beads around your neck.
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\q1
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\v 11 I will make for you some gold earrings
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\q2 that are decorated with silver.
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\s5
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\sp The woman speaking to herself
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\q1
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\v 12 While the king was on his couch,
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\q2 the smell of my perfume spread around the room.
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\q1
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\v 13 The man who loves me stays between my breasts during the night like a bag of perfume tied around my neck.
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\q2
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\v 14 He is like a bunch of flowers from the vineyards at En Gedi.
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\s5
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\sp Her lover speaking to her
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\q1
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\v 15 You whom I love, you are beautiful;
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\q2 you are very beautiful!
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\q1 Your eyes are as delightful as doves.
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\s5
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\sp The woman speaking to her lover
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\q1
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\v 16 You who love me, you are very delightful,
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\q2 you are wonderful!
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\q2 This green grass in the countryside will be like a couch where we can lie down.
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\q1
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\v 17 Branches of cedar trees will shade us;
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\q2 the fir branches overhead are like a roof for us.
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