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If you were a baby, like my little brother nursing at his mother's breasts, and if I found you outside, I could kiss you, and no one would say it was wrong. |
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I would lead you into my mother's house, to the room of she who taught me. I would give you spiced wine squeezed from my pomegranate. |
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His left arm is under my head, and his right hand holds me. |
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Women of Jerusalem, promise me, don't awaken love, don't arouse love, until I am ready. |
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Who is this woman coming from the desert, leaning on her lover? I woke you under the apple tree, where your mother gave birth to you, where you were born. |
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Keep me near you like a seal you wear over your heart, like a signet ring you wear on your hand. Love is as strong as death. Passion is as strong as the grave. Its sparks become a flame, and it grows to become a great fire! |
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A flood cannot put out love. Rivers cannot drown love. Would people despise a man for giving everything he owns for love? |
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We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What should we do for our sister when a man comes asking to marry her? |
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If she were a wall, we would put silver trim around her. If she were a door, we would put a cedar board around her. |
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I am a wall, and my breasts are my towers. And he is satisfied with me! |
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Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon. He put men in charge of the vineyard. Each man brought in grapes worth 1000 shekels of silver. |
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Solomon, you can keep your 1000 shekels. Give 200 shekels to each man for the grapes he brought. But I will keep my own vineyard. |
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There you sit, in the garden, friends are listening to your voice. Let me hear it too! |
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Hurry, my lover! Be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spice. |
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