<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">While the king was at his banqueting table,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my nard<n id="2" /> gave forth its fragrance.<n id="3" />p>

<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">Let us rise early to go to the vineyards,p> <p class="poetry">to see if the vines have budded,p> <p class="poetry">to see if their blossoms have opened,p> <p class="poetry">if the pomegranates are in bloom &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">there I will give you my love.p>

<p class="poetry">The mandrakes<n id="1" /> send out their fragrance;p> <p class="poetry">over our door is every delicacy,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">both new and old, which I have stored up for you, my lover.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Oh, how I wish you were<n id="1" /> my little brother,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">nursing at my mother&#8217;s breasts;p> <p class="poetry">if I saw<n id="3" /> you outside, I could kiss you &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">surely<n id="4" /> no one would despise me!<n id="5" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon;p> <p class="poetry">he leased out<n id="1" /> the vineyard to those who maintained it.p> <p class="poetry">Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.p>

<p class="poetry">Surging waters cannot quench love;p> <p class="poetry">floodwaters<n id="1" /> cannot overflow it.p> <p class="poetry">If someone were to offer all his possessions<n id="2" /> to buy love,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the offer<n id="4" /> would be utterly despised.<n id="5" />p>