<p class="poetry">The fig tree has budded,p> <p class="poetry">the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance.p> <p class="poetry">Arise, come away my darling;p> <p class="poetry">my beautiful one, come away with me!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Look! The winter has passed,p> <p class="poetry">the winter rains are over and gone.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside;p> <p class="poetry">let us spend the night in the villages.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">My lover spoke to me, saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Arise, my darling;p> <p class="poetry">My beautiful one, come away with me!p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Maidens to the Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Where has your beloved gone,p> <p class="poetry">O most beautiful among women?p> <p class="poetry">Where has your beloved turned?p> <p class="poetry">Tell us,<n id="1" /> that we may seek him with you.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">May your mouth<n id="1" /> be like the best wine,p> <p class="poetry">flowing smoothly for my beloved,p> <p class="poetry">gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Until the dawn arrives<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the shadows flee,p> <p class="poetry">I will go up to the mountain of myrrh,p> <p class="poetry">and to the hill of frankincense.p>