<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>

<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>

<p class="poetry">My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">spending the night<n id="2" /> between my breasts.p>

<p class="poetry">My beloved is like a cluster of henna blossoms<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in the vineyards of En-Gedi.<n id="2" />p>

<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>

<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>

<p class="poetry">Until the dawn arrives<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the shadows flee,p> <p class="poetry">I will go up to the mountain of myrrh,p> <p class="poetry">and to the hill of frankincense.p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Beloved about Her Lover:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">I was asleep, but my mind<n id="1" /> was dreaming.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Listen!<n id="3" /> My lover<n id="4" /> is knocking<n id="5" /> at the door!<n id="6" />p> <p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Open<n id="7" /> for me, my sister, my darling,p> <p class="poetry">my dove, my flawless one!p> <p class="poetry">My head is drenched with dew,p> <p class="poetry">my hair with the dampness of the night.&#8221;p>