<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to the Maidens:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">My beloved has gone down to his garden,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to the flowerbeds of balsam spices,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to graze<n id="3" /> in the gardens,p> <p class="poetry">and to gather lilies.<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">O you who stay in the gardens,p> <p class="poetry">my companions are listening attentively<n id="1" /> for your voice;p> <p class="poetry">let me be the one to<n id="2" /> hear it!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind!p> <p class="poetry">Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May my beloved come into his gardenp> <p class="poetry">and eat its delightful fruit!p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">You are a locked garden,<n id="1" /> my sister, my bride;p> <p class="poetry">you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.p>

<p class="poetry">You are a garden spring,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">a well<n id="2" /> of fresh water<n id="3" /> flowing down from Lebanon.p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride;p> <p class="poetry">I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice.p> <p class="poetry">I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;p> <p class="poetry">I have drunk my wine and my milk!p> <p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Poet to the Couple:i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Eat, friends, and drink!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Drink freely, O lovers!p>