Song of Solomon 5
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I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride.
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I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
3
I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on?
4
My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening.
5
I rose up to open for my beloved.
6
I opened to my beloved;
7
The watchmen who go about the city found me.
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I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem,
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How is your beloved better than another beloved,
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My beloved is white and ruddy.
11
His head is like the purest gold.
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His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks,
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His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes.
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His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl.
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His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold.
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His mouth is sweetness;