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The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;
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your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you.
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Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
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I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!
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Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
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If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.
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I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
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Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
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We will make for you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
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While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
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My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies 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 love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
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Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green;
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the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine.