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Song of Solomon 4
¹² "A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.
¹³ "Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates With choice fruits, henna with nard plants,
¹⁴ Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, With all the trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices.
¹⁵ "You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And streams flowing from Lebanon."
¹⁶ "Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!"
Song of Solomon 5
¹ "I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers."
² "I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: ’Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of the night.’
³ "I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again?
⁴ "My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my feelings were aroused for him.
⁵ "I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the bolt.
⁶ "I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and had gone! My heart went out to him as he spoke. I searched for him but I did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me.