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\c 5
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\sp The woman's lover speaking to her
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\q1
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\v 1 You who are most dear to me,
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\q2 I have come to be next to you.
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\q1 It will be as though I am gathering myrrh with my other spices,
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\q2 eating my honey and honeycomb,
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\q2 and drinking my wine and my milk.
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\q1 Come, my beloved, enjoy making love with me;
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\q2 enjoy all that you do with me, my love.
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\b
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\sp The young woman speaking to herself
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\q1
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\v 2 I was asleep, and I had a dream.
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\q2 In it I heard my lover knocking at the door.
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\q1 He said, "You who are dearer to me than my sister, my darling, my dear friend, my perfect one, my dove,
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\q2 open the door for me!
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\q1 My hair is wet from the dew,
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\q2 from the mist that has fallen during the night."
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\q1
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\v 3 But I had already taken off my robe;
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\q2 I did not want to put it on again to open the door.
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\q1 I had already washed my feet;
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\q2 I did not want them to get dirty again.
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\q1
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\v 4 The one who loves me put his hand through the opening in the door,
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\q2 and I was thrilled in my inner being that he was there.
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\q1
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\v 5 I got up to open the door for him,
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\q2 but first I put a lot of myrrh on my hands.
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\q1 It was dripping from my fingers
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\q2 while I unlatched the bolt.
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\q1
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\v 6 I opened the door for the man who loves me,
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\q2 but he left.
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\q1 He had turned away and was gone!
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\q2 I was very disappointed.
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\q1 I searched for him, but I could not find him;
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\q2 I called him, but he did not answer.
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\q1
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\v 7 The city watchmen saw me while they were walking around the city.
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\q1 They beat me and wounded me
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\q2 because they thought I was a prostitute;
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\q2 those men who were guarding the city walls took my robe.
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\sp The young woman speaking to the women of the city
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\q1
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\v 8 You young women of Jerusalem,
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\q2 I want you to take an oath
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\q1 that if you see the man who loves me,
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\q2 you will tell him that I want him so much that I feel sick.
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\sp The women of the city speaking to the young woman
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\q1
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\v 9 You who are the fairest among women,
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\q2 why do you think that the one who loves you is better than other men?
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\q1 In what way is he better than other men?
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\q2 Why do you want us to swear that we will tell him that?
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\sp The young woman speaking to the women of the city
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\q1
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\v 10 It is because the man who loves me is handsome and healthy,
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\q2 outstanding among other men.
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\q1
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\v 11 His head is beautiful, like purest gold;
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\q2 his hair is wavy
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\q2 and as black as a raven.
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\q1
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\v 12 His eyes as gentle as doves
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\q2 along the streams;
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\q1 the white parts of his eyes are as white as milk,
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\q2 with what resembles jewels inlaid in them.
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\q1
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\v 13 His cheeks are like a garden full of spice trees
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\q2 that produce sweet-smelling perfume.
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\q1 His lips are like lilies
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\q2 that have myrrh dripping from them.
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\q1
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\v 14 His arms are like gold rods that have rounded ends,
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\q2 and that are decorated with precious stones.
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\q1 His body is like ivory
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\q2 that is decorated with sapphires.
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\q1
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\v 15 His legs are like marble columns
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\q2 that are set in bases made of pure gold.
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\q1 He is majestic, like the mountains of Lebanon,
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\q2 like delightful cedar trees.
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\q1
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\v 16 His kisses are very sweet;
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\q2 he is completely attractive.
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\q1 You young women of Jerusalem,
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\q2 this is why the man who loves me is better than all other men.
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