<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Oh,<n id="1" /> how beautiful you are, my beloved!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Oh, how beautiful you are!p> <p class="poetry">Your eyes<n id="3" /> are like doves!<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">His eyes are like doves by streams of water,p> <p class="poetry">washed in milk, mounted like jewels.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">O my dove,<n id="1" /> in the clefts of the rock,p> <p class="poetry">in the hiding places of the mountain crags,p> <p class="poetry">let me see your face,p> <p class="poetry">let me hear your voice;p> <p class="poetry">for your voice is sweet,p> <p class="poetry">and your face is lovely.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Oh,<n id="2" /> you are beautiful, my darling!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Oh, you are beautiful!p> <p class="poetry">Your eyes behind your veil are like doves.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Your hair is like a flock of female goatsp> <p class="poetry">descending<n id="5" /> from Mount Gilead.p>

<p class="poetry">But she is unique!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">My dove, my perfect one!p> <p class="poetry">She is the special daughter<n id="2" /> of her mother,p> <p class="poetry">she is the favorite<n id="3" /> of the one who bore her.p> <p class="poetry">The maidens<n id="4" /> saw her and complimented her;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">the queens and concubines praised her:p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">I was asleep, but my mind<n id="1" /> was dreaming.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Listen!<n id="3" /> My lover<n id="4" /> is knocking<n id="5" /> at the door!<n id="6" />p> <p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Open<n id="7" /> for me, my sister, my darling,p> <p class="poetry">my dove, my flawless one!p> <p class="poetry">My head is drenched with dew,p> <p class="poetry">my hair with the dampness of the night.&#8221;p>