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I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys. |
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Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens. |
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Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. |
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He brought me into the banquet hall, and he looked at me lovingly. |
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Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration |
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His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me. |
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I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases! |
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Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills! |
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My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattice. |
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My lover spoke to me, saying: "Arise, my darling; My beautiful one, come away with me! |
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Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone. |
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The pomegranates have appeared in the land, the time for pruning and singing has come; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. |
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The fig tree has budded, the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance. Arise, come away my darling; my beautiful one, come away with me!" |
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O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. |
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Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards— for our vineyard is in bloom. |
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My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies. |
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Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved— be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges. |
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