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href="../songs/4.htm" title="Song of Solomon 4">◄</a> Song of Solomon 5 <a href="../songs/6.htm" title="Song of Solomon 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/songs/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="b"/><p class="sp">Young Man</p><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>I have entered my garden, my treasure,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> my bride!</p><p class="line2">I gather myrrh with my spices</p><p class="line1">and eat honeycomb with my honey.</p><p class="line2">I drink wine with my milk.</p><p class="b"/><p class="sp">Young Women of Jerusalem</p><p class="line1">Oh, lover and beloved, eat and drink!</p><p class="line2">Yes, drink deeply of your love!</p><p class="b"/><p class="sp">Young Woman</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I slept, but my heart was awake,</p><p class="line2">when I heard my lover knocking and calling:</p><p class="line1">“Open to me, my treasure, my darling,</p><p class="line2">my dove, my perfect one.</p><p class="line1">My head is drenched with dew,</p><p class="line2">my hair with the dampness of the night.”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>But I responded,</p><p class="line1">“I have taken off my robe.</p><p class="line2">Should I get dressed again?</p><p class="line1">I have washed my feet.</p><p class="line2">Should I get them soiled?”</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My lover tried to unlatch the door,</p><p class="line2">and my heart thrilled within me.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I jumped up to open the door for my love,</p><p class="line2">and my hands dripped with perfume.</p><p class="line1">My fingers dripped with lovely myrrh</p><p class="line2">as I pulled back the bolt.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I opened to my lover,</p><p class="line2">but he was gone!</p><p class="line2">My heart sank.</p><p class="line1">I searched for him</p><p class="line2">but could not find him anywhere.</p><p class="line1">I called to him,</p><p class="line2">but there was no reply.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The night watchmen found me</p><p class="line2">as they made their rounds.</p><p class="line1">They beat and bruised me</p><p class="line2">and stripped off my veil,</p><p class="line2">those watchmen on the walls.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem—</p><p class="line2">If you find my lover,</p><p class="line2">tell him I am weak with love.</p><p class="b"/><p class="sp">Young Women of Jerusalem</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Why is your lover better than all others,</p><p class="line2">O woman of rare beauty?</p><p class="line1">What makes your lover so special</p><p class="line2">that we must promise this?</p><p class="b"/><p class="sp">Young Woman</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My lover is dark and dazzling,</p><p class="line2">better than ten thousand others!</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>His head is finest gold,</p><p class="line2">his wavy hair is black as a raven.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>His eyes sparkle like doves</p><p class="line2">beside springs of water;</p><p class="line1">they are set like jewels</p><p class="line2">washed in milk.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>His cheeks are like gardens of spices</p><p class="line2">giving off fragrance.</p><p class="line1">His lips are like lilies,</p><p class="line2">perfumed with myrrh.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>His arms are like rounded bars of gold,</p><p class="line2">set with beryl.</p><p class="line1">His body is like bright ivory,</p><p class="line2">glowing with lapis lazuli.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>His legs are like marble pillars</p><p class="line2">set in sockets of finest gold.</p><p class="line1">His posture is stately,</p><p class="line2">like the noble cedars of Lebanon.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/songs/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>His mouth is sweetness itself;</p><p class="line2">he is desirable in every way.</p><p class="line1">Such, O women of Jerusalem,</p><p class="line2">is my lover, my friend.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">5:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">my sister;</span><span class="ft"> also in 5:2.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New 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