<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">My lover spoke to me, saying:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Arise, my darling;p> <p class="poetry">My beautiful one, come away with me!p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">If you do not know, O most beautiful of women,p> <p class="poetry">simply follow the tracks of my flock,p> <p class="poetry">and pasture your little lambsp> <p class="poetry">beside the tents of the shepherds.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">We<n id="1" /> will make for you gold ornamentsp> <p class="poetry">studded with silver.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">My vineyard,<n id="1" /> which belongs to me,<n id="2" /> is at my disposal alone.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon,p> <p class="poetry">and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit.p>

<p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Make haste, my beloved!p> <p class="poetry">Be like a gazelle or a young stagp> <p class="bodytext">on the mountains of spices.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved to Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Until the dawn arrives<n id="1" /> and the shadows flee,p> <p class="poetry">turn,<n id="2" /> my beloved &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">be like a gazelle or a young stagp> <p class="poetry">on the mountain gorges.<n id="3" />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>