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The Shulammite Bride's Desire
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The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
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"May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.
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Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the maidens love you.
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Draw me after you and let us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers." "We will rejoice in you and be glad; We will extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you."
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"I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon.
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Do not look at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned me. My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
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Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you shepherd your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who veils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?"
Solomon and His Bride Extol Each Other
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"If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the dwellings of the shepherds.
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"To a mare of mine among the chariots of Pharaoh I compare you, O my darling.
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Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads."
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"We will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver."
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"While the king was at his banqueting table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance.
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My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts.
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My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi."
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"Behold, you are beautiful, my darling, Behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are like doves."
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"Behold, you are handsome, my beloved, Indeed, so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant!
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The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses.