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<p class="sl"><span class="dispk">D?</span></p> <p class="sl">Eat, friends; drink!</p> <p class="sl1">Drink deeply, lovers!<a id="rfn26005001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26005001-1">*</a></p> </div> <section> <h2 class="ah">A Fruitless Search</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span class="dispk">W</span><a id="ren26005002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26005002-b">b</a></p> <p class="slf"><span class="ver">2</span>I was sleeping, but my heart was awake.<a id="rfn26005002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26005002-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">The sound of my lover knocking!</p> <p class="sl">“Open to me, my sister, my friend,</p> <p class="sl1">my dove, my perfect one!</p> <p class="sl">For my head is wet with dew,</p> <p class="sl1">my hair, with the moisture of the night.”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005003" class="ver">3</span>I have taken off my robe,<a id="rfn26005003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26005003-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">am I then to put it on?</p> <p class="sl">I have bathed my feet,</p> <p class="sl1">am I then to soil them?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005004" class="ver">4</span>My lover put his hand in through the opening:</p> <p class="sl1">my innermost being<a id="rfn26005004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26005004-1">*</a> trembled because of him.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005005" class="ver">5</span>I rose to open for my lover,</p> <p class="sl1">my hands dripping myrrh:</p> <p class="sl">My fingers, flowing myrrh</p> <p class="sl1">upon the handles of the lock.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005006" class="ver">6</span>I opened for my lover—</p> <p class="sl1">but my lover had turned and gone!</p> <p class="sl1">At his leaving, my soul sank.</p> <p class="sl">I sought him, but I did not find him;</p> <p class="sl1">I called out after him, but he did not answer me.<a id="rfn26005006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26005006-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005007" class="ver">7</span>The watchmen<a id="rfn26005007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26005007-1">*</a> found me,</p> <p class="sl1">as they made their rounds in the city;</p> <p class="sl">They beat me, they wounded me,</p> <p class="sl1">they tore off my mantle,</p> <p class="sl1">the watchmen of the walls.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005008" class="ver">8</span><a id="ren26005008-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26005008-c">c</a> I adjure you, Daughters of Jerusalem,</p> <p class="sl1">if you find my lover</p> <p class="sl">What shall you tell him?</p> <p class="sl1">that I am sick with love.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">The Lost Lover Described</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span class="dispk">D</span></p> <p class="slf"><span class="ver">9</span>How does your lover differ from any other lover,</p> <p class="sl1">most beautiful among women?</p> <p class="sl">How does your lover differ from any other,</p> <p class="sl1">that you adjure us so?</p> <p class="sl"><span class="dispk">W</span></p> <p class="sl"><span class="ver">10</span>My lover is radiant and ruddy;<a id="rfn26005010-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26005010-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">outstanding among thousands.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005011" class="ver">11</span>His head is gold, pure gold,</p> <p class="sl1">his hair like palm fronds,</p> <p class="sl1">as black as a raven.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005012" class="ver">12</span>His eyes are like doves</p> <p class="sl1">beside streams of water,</p> <p class="sl">Bathing in milk,</p> <p class="sl1">sitting<a id="rfn26005012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26005012-1">*</a> by brimming pools.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005013" class="ver">13</span>His cheeks are like beds of spices</p> <p class="sl1">yielding aromatic scents;</p> <p class="sl">his lips are lilies</p> <p class="sl1">that drip flowing myrrh.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005014" class="ver">14</span>His arms are rods of gold</p> <p class="sl1">adorned with gems;</p> <p class="sl">His loins, a work of ivory</p> <p class="sl1">covered with sapphires.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005015" class="ver">15</span>His legs, pillars of alabaster,</p> <p class="sl1">resting on golden pedestals.</p> <p class="sl">His appearance, like the Lebanon,</p> <p class="sl1">imposing as the cedars.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26005016" class="ver">16</span>His mouth is sweetness itself;</p> <p class="sl1">he is delightful in every way.</p> <p class="sl">Such is my lover, and such my friend,</p> <p class="sl1">Daughters of Jerusalem!</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 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