<p class="poetry">Look! The winter has passed,p> <p class="poetry">the winter rains are over and gone.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Listen!<n id="1" /> My lover is approaching!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Look!<n id="3" /> Here he comes,p> <p class="poetry">leaping over the mountains,p> <p class="poetry">bounding over the hills!p>

<p class="poetry">Look! It is Solomon&#8217;s portable couch!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">It is surrounded by sixty warriors,p> <p class="poetry">some of Israel&#8217;s mightiest warriors.p>

<p class="poetry">My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Look! There he stands behind our wall,p> <p class="poetry">gazing through the window,p> <p class="poetry">peering through the lattice.p>