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Let us run!<a id="rfn26001004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001004-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">The king has brought me to his bed chambers.</p> <p class="sl">Let us exult and rejoice in you;</p> <p class="sl1">let us celebrate your love: it is beyond wine!</p> <p class="sl1">Rightly do they love you!</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Love’s Boast</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span class="dispk">W</span></p> <p class="slf"><span class="ver">5</span>I am black and beautiful,</p> <p class="sl1">Daughters of Jerusalem<a id="rfn26001005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001005-1">*</a>—</p> <p class="sl">Like the tents of Qedar,</p> <p class="sl1">like the curtains of Solomon.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26001006" class="ver">6</span>Do not stare at me because I am so black,<a id="rfn26001006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001006-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">because the sun has burned me.</p> <p class="sl">The sons of my mother were angry with me;</p> <p class="sl1">they charged me with the care of the vineyards:</p> <p class="sl1">my own vineyard I did not take care of.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Love’s Inquiry</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span class="dispk">W</span></p> <p class="slf"><span class="ver">7</span>Tell me, you whom my soul loves,</p> <p class="sl1">where you shepherd,<a id="rfn26001007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001007-1">*</a> where you give rest at midday.</p> <p class="sl">Why should I be like one wandering</p> <p class="sl1">after the flocks of your companions?<br /> </p> <p class="sl"><span class="dispk">M</span></p> <p class="sl"><span class="ver">8</span>If you do not know,</p> <p class="sl1">most beautiful among women,</p> <p class="sl">Follow the tracks of the flock</p> <p class="sl1">and pasture your lambs<a id="rfn26001008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001008-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">near the shepherds’ tents.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">Love’s Vision</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span class="dispk">M</span></p> <p class="slf"><span class="ver">9</span>To a mare among Pharaoh’s chariotry<a id="rfn26001009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001009-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">I compare you, my friend:</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26001010" class="ver">10</span>Your cheeks lovely in pendants,</p> <p class="sl1">your neck in jewels.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26001011" class="ver">11</span>We will make pendants of gold for you,</p> <p class="sl1">and ornaments of silver.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">How Near Is Love!</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span class="dispk">W</span></p> <p class="slf"><span class="ver">12</span>While the king was upon his couch,</p> <p class="sl1">my spikenard<a id="rfn26001012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001012-1">*</a> gave forth its fragrance.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26001013" class="ver">13</span>My lover<a id="rfn26001013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001013-1">*</a> is to me a sachet of myrrh;</p> <p class="sl1">between my breasts he lies.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26001014" class="ver">14</span>My lover is to me a cluster of henna<a id="rfn26001014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001014-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">from the vineyards of En-gedi.</p> <p class="sl"><span class="dispk">M</span><a id="ren26001015-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26001015-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span class="ver">15</span>How beautiful you are, my friend,</p> <p class="sl1">how beautiful! your eyes are doves!<a id="rfn26001015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001015-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span class="dispk">W</span></p> <p class="sl"><span class="ver">16</span>How beautiful you are, my lover—</p> <p class="sl1">handsome indeed!</p> <p class="sl">Verdant indeed is our couch;<a id="rfn26001016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26001016-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v26001017" class="ver">17</span>the beams of our house are cedars,</p> <p class="sl1">our rafters, cypresses.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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