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I have come to my garden, my sister bride,
    I have gathered my myrrh with my spice,
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey,
    I have drunk my wine with my milk!
Eat, O friends! Drink and become drunk with love![a]

Maiden’s Dream: Seeking and Not Finding

I was asleep but[b] my heart was awake.
    A sound! My beloved knocking![c]
“Open to me, my sister, my beloved,
    my dove, my perfect one!
For my head is full of dew,
    my hair drenched from the moist night air.”[d]
I have taken off my tunic, must I put it on?[e]
    I have bathed my feet, must I soil them?[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:1 Or “Drink and become drunk, O lovers!”
  2. Song of Solomon 5:2 Or “and”
  3. Song of Solomon 5:2 Or “The sound of my beloved knocking!”
  4. Song of Solomon 5:2 Literally “my locks with drops of night”
  5. Song of Solomon 5:3 Literally “How will I put it on?”
  6. Song of Solomon 5:3 Literally “How will I soil them?”

He

I have come into my garden,(A) my sister, my bride;(B)
    I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
    I have drunk my wine and my milk.(C)

Friends

Eat, friends, and drink;
    drink your fill of love.

She

I slept but my heart was awake.
    Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
    my dove,(D) my flawless(E) one.(F)
My head is drenched with dew,
    my hair with the dampness of the night.”
I have taken off my robe—
    must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
    must I soil them again?

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