<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">O my beloved, you are like<n id="1" /> a<n id="2" /> mare<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">among Pharaoh&#8217;s stallions.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">You are altogether beautiful, my darling!p> <p class="poetry">There is no blemish in you!p>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Oh,<n id="1" /> how beautiful you are, my beloved!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Oh, how beautiful you are!p> <p class="poetry">Your eyes<n id="3" /> are like doves!<n id="4" />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>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">as lovely as Jerusalem,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">as awe-inspiring<n id="3" /> as bannered armies!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>

<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>

<t /><p class="sosspeaker"><b><i>The Lover to His Beloved:i>b>p> <p class="poetry">Oh,<n id="2" /> you are beautiful, my darling!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Oh, you are beautiful!p> <p class="poetry">Your eyes behind your veil are like doves.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Your hair is like a flock of female goatsp> <p class="poetry">descending<n id="5" /> from Mount Gilead.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>