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Song of Solomon 5 (AMP)

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¹ I HAVE come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam and spice . I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends ! Drink, yes, drink abundantly of love, O precious one . ² I went to sleep, but my heart stayed awake. the voice of my beloved as he knocked . Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my spotless one , for I am wet with the night dew; my hair is covered with it. ³ I had put off my garment--how could I put it on? I had washed my feet--how could I soil them? ⁴ My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him. ⁵ I rose up to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt. ⁶ I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away and withdrawn himself, and was gone! My soul went forth when he spoke, but it failed me ! I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. ⁷ The watchmen who go about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took my veil and my mantle from me. ⁸ I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am sick from love . ⁹ What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women ? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you should give us such a charge? ¹⁰ My beloved is fair and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand! ¹¹ His head is the finest gold; his locks are curly and bushy and black as a raven. ¹² His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, bathed in milk and fitly set. ¹³ His cheeks are like a bed of spices or balsam, like banks of sweet herbs yielding fragrance. His lips are like bloodred anemones or lilies distilling liquid myrrh. ¹⁴ His hands are like rods of gold set with beryl or topaz. His body is a figure of bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. ¹⁵ His legs are like strong and steady pillars of marble set upon bases of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent, stately, and majestic as the cedars. ¹⁶ His voice and speech are exceedingly sweet; yes, he is altogether lovely . This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem!