<p class="poetry">How beautiful you are! How lovely,p> <p class="poetry">O love,<n id="1" /> with your delights!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Maidens to The Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Why is your beloved better than others,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">O most beautiful of women?p> <p class="poetry">Why is your beloved better than others,p> <p class="poetry">that you would command us in this manner?p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to the Maidens:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">I admonish you, O maidens<n id="1" /> of Jerusalem:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Do not<n id="2" /> arouse or awaken love until it pleases!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!p> <p class="poetry">How much better is your love than wine;p> <p class="poetry">the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved&#8217;s Brothers:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">We have a little sister,p> <p class="poetry">and as yet she has no breasts.p> <p class="poetry">What shall we do for our sisterp> <p class="poetry">on the day when she is spoken for?<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Tell me, O you whom my heart<n id="1" /> loves,p> <p class="poetry">where do you pasture your sheep?p> <p class="poetry">Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat?p> <p class="poetry">Tell me lest<n id="2" /> I wander around<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">beside the flocks of your companions!p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to the Maidens:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">If you find my beloved, what will you tell him?p> <p class="poetry">Tell him that I am lovesick!<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry"><v id="(7:1)" /><n id="1" /> Turn<n id="2" />, turn, O<n id="3" /> Perfect One!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Turn, turn, that I<n id="5" /> may stare at you!p> <p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Why<n id="6" /> do you gaze upon the Perfect Onep> <p class="poetry">like the dance of the Mahanaim?<n id="7" />p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry"><v id="(7:2)" /> How beautiful are your sandaled<n id="1" /> feet,p> <p class="poetry">O nobleman&#8217;s daughter!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The curves<n id="3" /> of your thighs<n id="4" /> are like jewels,p> <p class="poetry">the work of the hands of a master craftsman.p>