<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">I am a<n id="1" /> meadow flower<n id="2" /> from Sharon,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">a lily<n id="4" /> from the valleys.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">My lover is mine and I am his;p> <p class="poetry">he grazes among the lilies.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">I am my lover&#8217;s<n id="1" /> and my lover is mine;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he grazes among the lilies.p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Like<n id="1" /> a lily among the thorns,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so is my darling among the maidens.p>

<p class="poetry">Your two breasts are like two fawns,p> <p class="poetry">twins of the gazellep> <p class="poetry">grazing among the lilies.p>

<p class="poetry">His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees<n id="1" /> yielding<n id="2" /> perfume.p> <p class="poetry">His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh.p>

<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>

<p class="poetry">Your navel<n id="1" /> is a round mixing bowl<n id="2" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">may it never lack<n id="3" /> mixed wine!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Your belly<n id="5" /> is a mound of wheat,p> <p class="poetry">encircled<n id="6" /> by lilies.p>