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Your teeth class="trans-change">are like a flock of the ewes that have come up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none bereaved among them.
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Your cheeks class="idiom trans-change">behind your veil class="trans-change">are like halves of a pomegranate.
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The Maiden’s Beauty Is without Peer
Sixty queens there class="trans-change">are, eighty concubines, and maidens beyond number.
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My dove, class="idiom trans-change">she is the one; my perfect, class="idiom trans-change">she is the only one; she class="trans-change">is class="idiom trans-change">the favorite of her mother who bore her. Maidens see her and consider her fortunate; queens and concubines praise her:
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“Who class="trans-change">is this that looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, class="idiom trans-change">bright as the sun, class="idiom trans-change">overwhelming as an army with banners?”
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The Journey to the Valley
I went down to the orchard of the walnut trees to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see class="trans-change">whether the vineclass="trans-change">s have sprouted, class="trans-change">whether the pomegranates have blossomed.
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I did not know my class="idiom trans-change">heart set me class="trans-change">in a chariot of my princely people.
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Solomon’s Praise of His Dancing Maiden
How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O royal princess! The curves of your class="idiom trans-change">thighs class="trans-change">are like class="idiom trans-change">jewels, the work of the hands of a craftsman.
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Your navel class="trans-change">is class="idiom trans-change">a round wine-mixing bowl that does not lack mixed wine! Your belly class="trans-change">is a heap of wheat encircled with lilies.
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Your two breasts class="trans-change">are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
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Your neck class="trans-change">is like a tower of ivory; your eyes class="trans-change">are pools in Heshbon at the gate of Beth Rabbim. Your nose class="trans-change">is like the tower of Lebanon class="idiom trans-change">looking out over Damascus.
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class="idiom trans-change">Your head crowns you like Carmel; the flowing locks of your head class="trans-change">are like class="idiom trans-change">purple tapestry; a king is held captive in the tresses!
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How beautiful you are and how pleasant, O loved one in the delights!
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class="idiom trans-change">Your stature class="trans-change">is like the palm tree, and your breasts class="trans-change">are like clusters.
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I say, “I will climb up the palm tree; I will lay hold of its fruit clusters.” Let your breasts class="trans-change">be pleasing like clusters of the vine and the scent of your breath like the apples.
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Your palate class="trans-change">is like the best wine that goes down for my beloved, smoothly gliding over my lips and teeth.
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Mutual Possession Refrain
class="idiom trans-change">I belong to my beloved, class="idiom trans-change">and he desires me!
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Rendezvous in the Countryside
Come, my beloved, let us class="idiom trans-change">go out to the countryside; let us spend the night in the villages.
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Let us rise early class="trans-change">to go to the vineyards; let us see whether the vine has budded, class="trans-change">whether the grape blossom has opened, and class="trans-change">whether the pomegranates class="idiom trans-change">are in bloom; there I will give my love to you.
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The mandrakes give class="trans-change">off their fragrance, and class="idiom trans-change">over our doorway is every kind of delicious fruit; both class="idiom trans-change">fresh and dried fruit I have stored up for you, O my beloved.
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Maiden’s Fanciful Wish
class="idiom trans-change">How I wish that you were my little brother, class="trans-change">who nursed class="idiom trans-change">upon my mother’s breasts! class="trans-change">If class="idiom trans-change">I met you outside, I would kiss you, class="idiom trans-change">and no one would despise me!
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class="idiom trans-change">I would surely bring you to the house of my mother, class="idiom trans-change">who would surely teach me; class="idiom trans-change">I would give you spiced wine to drink, the class="idiom trans-change">sweet wine of my pomegranates.
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Double Refrain: Embrace and Adjuration
His left class="trans-change">hand is under my head, and his right class="trans-change">hand embraces me.
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Up from the Wilderness and under the Apple Tree
Who class="trans-change">is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother class="idiom trans-change">conceived you; there she who was in labor gave birth to you.
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The Nature of Genuine Romantic Love
Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love class="trans-change">is strong as death; passion class="trans-change">is fierce as Sheol; its flashes class="trans-change">are flashes of fire; class="trans-change">it is a blazing flame.