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Song of Solomon 5 (NET)

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¹ Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers! ² "Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night." ³ "I have already taken off my robe must I put it on again? I have already washed my feet must I soil them again?" ⁴ My lover thrust his hand through the hole, and my feelings were stirred for him. ⁵ I arose to open for my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock. ⁶ I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me. ⁷ The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls! ⁸ O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick! ⁹ Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner? ¹⁰ My beloved is dazzling and ruddy; he stands out in comparison to all other men. ¹¹ His head is like the most pure gold. His hair is curly black like a raven. ¹² His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels. ¹³ His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh. ¹⁴ His arms are like rods of gold set with chrysolite. His abdomen is like polished ivory inlaid with sapphires. ¹⁵ His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars. ¹⁶ His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!