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dove.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_1">Your hair tosses about</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_1">as gracefully as goats</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_1">coming down from Gilead.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_2"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.2" class="v22_4_2">2</span>Your teeth are whiter</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_2">than sheep freshly washed;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_2">they match perfectly,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_2">not one is missing.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_3"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.3" class="v22_4_3">3</span>Your lips are crimson cords,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_3">your mouth is shapely;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_3">behind your veil are hidden</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_3">beautiful rosy cheeks.<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.4.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_4"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.4" class="v22_4_4">4</span>Your neck is more graceful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_4">than the tower of David,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_4">decorated with thousands</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_4">of warriors' shields.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_5"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.5" class="v22_4_5">5</span>Your breasts are perfect;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_5">they are twin deer</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_5">feeding among lilies.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_6"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.6" class="v22_4_6">6</span>I will hasten to those hills</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_6">sprinkled with sweet perfume</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_6">and stay there till sunrise.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_7"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.7" class="v22_4_7">7</span>My darling, you are lovely</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_7">in every way.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_8"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.8" class="v22_4_8">8</span>My bride, together</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_8">we will leave Lebanon!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_8">We will say goodbye</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_8">to the peaks of Mount Amana,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_8">Senir, and Hermon,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_8">where lions and leopards</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_8">live in the caves.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_9"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.9" class="v22_4_9">9</span>My bride, my very own,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_9">you have stolen my heart!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_9">With one glance from your eyes</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_9">and the glow of your necklace,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_9">you have stolen my heart.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_10"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.10" class="v22_4_10">10</span>Your love is sweeter than wine;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_10">the smell of your perfume</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_10">is more fragrant than spices.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_11"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.11" class="v22_4_11">11</span>Your lips are a honeycomb;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_11">milk and honey</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_11">flow from your tongue.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_11">Your dress has the aroma</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_11">of cedar trees from Lebanon.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_12"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.12" class="v22_4_12">12</span>My bride, my very own,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_12">you are a garden, a fountain</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_12">closed off to all others.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_13"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.13" class="v22_4_13">13</span>Your arms<a href="#fn" id="link_Song.4.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> are vines,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_13">covered with delicious fruits</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_13">and all sorts of spices—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_13">henna, nard, </span><span class="v22_4_14"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.14" class="v22_4_14">14</span>saffron,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_14">calamus, cinnamon,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_14">frankincense, myrrh, and aloes</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_14">—all the finest spices.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_15"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.15" class="v22_4_15">15</span>You are a spring in the garden,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_15">a fountain of pure water,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_15">and a refreshing stream</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_15">from Mount Lebanon.</span></p><h5 class="sp">She Speaks:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_16"><span class="reftext" id="Song.4.16" class="v22_4_16">16</span>Let the north wind blow,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_16">the south wind too!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_16">Let them spread the aroma</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_16">of my garden,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_16">so the one I love</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_4_16">may enter and taste</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_4_16">its delicious fruits.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">4.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">beautiful rosy cheeks: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">4.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Your arms: </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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