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Song of Solomon 5 CEV
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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">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">He Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_1"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.1" class="v22_5_1">1</span>My bride, my very own,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_1">I come to my garden</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_1">and enjoy its spices.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_1">I eat my honeycomb and honey;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_1">I drink my wine and milk.</span></p><h5 class="sp">Their Friends Speak:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_1">Eat and drink until</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_1">you are drunk with love.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Another Dream</h3><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_2"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.2" class="v22_5_2">2</span>I was asleep, but dreaming:</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_2">The one I love was at the door,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_2">knocking and saying,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_2">“My darling, my very own,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_2">my flawless dove,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_2">open the door for me!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_2">My head is drenched</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_2">with evening dew.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_3"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.3" class="v22_5_3">3</span>But I had already undressed</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_3">and bathed my feet.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_3">Should I dress again</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_3">and get my feet dirty?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_4"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.4" class="v22_5_4">4</span>Then my darling's hand</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_4">reached to open the latch,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_4">and my heart stood still.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_5"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.5" class="v22_5_5">5</span>When I rose to open the door,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_5">my hands and my fingers</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_5">dripped with perfume.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_6"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.6" class="v22_5_6">6</span>And I yearned for him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_6">while he spoke to me,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_6">but when I opened the door,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_6">my darling had disappeared.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_6">I searched and shouted,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_6">but I could not find him—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_6">there was no answer.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_7"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.7" class="v22_5_7">7</span>Then I was found by the guards</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_7">patrolling the town</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_7">and guarding the wall.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_7">They beat me up</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_7">and stripped off my robe.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_8"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.8" class="v22_5_8">8</span>Young women of Jerusalem,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_8">if you find the one I love,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_8">please say to him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_8">“She is weak with desire.”</span></p><h5 class="sp">Their Friends Speak:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_9"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.9" class="v22_5_9">9</span>Most beautiful of women,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_9">why is the one you love</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_9">more special than others?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_9">Why do you ask us</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_9">to tell him how you feel?</span></p><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_10"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.10" class="v22_5_10">10</span>He is handsome and healthy,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_10">the most outstanding</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_10">among ten thousand.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_11"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.11" class="v22_5_11">11</span>His head is purest gold;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_11">his hair is wavy,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_11">black as a raven.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_12"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.12" class="v22_5_12">12</span>His eyes are a pair of doves</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_12">bathing in a stream</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_12">flowing with milk.<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.5.12!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_13"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.13" class="v22_5_13">13</span>His face is a garden</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_13">of sweet-smelling spices;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_13">his lips are lilies</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_13">dripping with perfume.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_14"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.14" class="v22_5_14">14</span>His arms are branches of gold</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_14">covered with jewels;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_14">his body is ivory<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.5.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_14">decorated with sapphires.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_15"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.15" class="v22_5_15">15</span>His legs are columns of marble</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_15">on feet of gold.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_15">He stands there majestic</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_15">like Mount Lebanon</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_15">and its choice cedar trees.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_16"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.16" class="v22_5_16">16</span>His kisses are sweet.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_16">I desire him so much!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_16">Young women of Jerusalem,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_16">he is my lover and friend.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.12 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">milk: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 12.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.14 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">his … ivory: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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