<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><n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I went down to the orchard of walnut trees,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to look for the blossoms of the valley,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">to see if the vines had buddedp> <p class="poetry">or if the pomegranates were in bloom.p>