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| [1]The song of songs, which is Solomon's. |
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| [2]Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—for thy love is better than wine. |
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| [3]Thine ointments have a goodly fragrance; thy name is as ointment poured forth; therefore do the maidens love thee. |
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| [4]Draw me, we will run after thee; the king hath brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will find thy love more fragrant than wine! sincerely do they love thee. |
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| [5]'I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. |
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| [6]Look not upon me, that I am swarthy, that the sun hath tanned me; my mother's sons were incensed against me, they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.' |
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| [7]Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon; for why should I be as one that veileth herself beside the flocks of thy companions? |
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| [8]If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by footsteps of the flock and feed thy kids, beside the shepherds' tents. |
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| [9]I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots. |
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| [10]Thy cheeks are comely with circlets, thy neck with beads. |
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| [11]We will make thee circlets of gold with studs of silver. |
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| [12]While the king sat at his table, my spikenard sent forth its fragrance. |
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| [13]My beloved is unto me as a bag of myrrh, that lieth betwixt m breasts. |
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| [14]My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna in the vineyards of En-gedi. |
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| [15]Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves. |
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| [16]Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; also our couch is leafy. |
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| [17]The beams of our houses are cedars, and our panels are cypresses. |
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