<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>