M I have come to my garden—my sister, my bride.
I gather[a] my myrrh with my spices.
I eat my honeycomb with my honey.
I drink my wine with my milk.

N Eat, friends!
Drink, be intoxicated with love![b](A)

W I sleep, but my heart is awake.
A sound! My love is knocking!(B)

M Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove, my perfect one.
For my head is drenched with dew,
my hair with droplets of the night.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:1 Lit pluck
  2. Song of Solomon 5:1 Or Drink your fill, lovers

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