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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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">The Man</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_1"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.1" class="v22_5_1">1</span>I have entered my garden,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_1">my sweetheart, my bride.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_1">I am gathering my spices and myrrh;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_1">I am eating my honey and honeycomb;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_1">I am drinking my wine and milk.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Women</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_1">Eat, lovers, and drink</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_1">until you are drunk with love!</span></p><h3 class="s">The Fourth Song</h3><h5 class="sp">The Woman</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_2"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.2" class="v22_5_2">2</span>While I slept, my heart was awake.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_2">I dreamed my lover knocked at the door.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Man</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_2">Let me come in, my darling,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_2">my sweetheart, my dove.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_2">My head is wet with dew,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_2">and my hair is damp from the mist.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Woman</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_3"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.3" class="v22_5_3">3</span>I have already undressed;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_3">why should I get dressed again?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_3">I have washed my feet;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_3">why should I get them dirty again?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_4"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.4" class="v22_5_4">4</span>My lover put his hand to the door,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_4">and I was thrilled that he was near.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_5"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.5" class="v22_5_5">5</span>I was ready to let him come in.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_5">My hands were covered with myrrh,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_5">my fingers with liquid myrrh,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_5">as I grasped the handle of the door.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_6"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.6" class="v22_5_6">6</span>I opened the door for my lover,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_6">but he had already gone.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_6">How I wanted to hear his voice!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_6">I looked for him, but couldn't find him;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_6">I called to him, but heard no answer.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_7"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.7" class="v22_5_7">7</span>The sentries patrolling the city found me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_7">they struck me and bruised me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_7">the guards at the city wall tore off my cape.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_8"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.8" class="v22_5_8">8</span>Promise me, women of Jerusalem,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_8">that if you find my lover,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_8">you will tell him I am weak from passion.</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Women</h5><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="q2"><span class="v22_5_9">is your lover different from everyone else?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_9">What is there so wonderful about him</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_9">that we should give you our promise?</span></p><h5 class="sp">The Woman</h5><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_10"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.10" class="v22_5_10">10</span>My lover is handsome and strong;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_10">he is one in 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 face is bronzed and smooth;</span></p><p class="q2"><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 as beautiful as doves by a flowing brook,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_12">doves washed in milk and standing by the stream.<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 cheeks are as lovely as a garden</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_13">that is full of herbs and spices.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_13">His lips are like lilies,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_13">wet with liquid myrrh.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_14"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.14" class="v22_5_14">14</span>His hands are well-formed,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_14">and he wears rings set with gems.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_14">His body is like smooth 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">with sapphires set in it.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_15"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.15" class="v22_5_15">15</span>His thighs are columns of alabaster</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_15">set in sockets of gold.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_15">He is majestic, like the Lebanon Mountains</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_15">with their towering cedars.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_16"><span class="reftext" id="Song.5.16" class="v22_5_16">16</span>His mouth is sweet to kiss;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_16">everything about him enchants me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v22_5_16">This is what my lover is like,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v22_5_16">women of Jerusalem.</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">and standing by the stream; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.14: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">like smooth ivory; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew unclear.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br 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