5I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink your fill, O lovers.H935H1588H269H3618H717H4753H1313H398H3293H1706H8354H3196H2461H398H7453H8354H7937H17302I slept but my heart was awake. Listen! My lover is knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night."H3463H3820H5782H6963H1730H1849H6605H269H7474H3123H8535H7218H4390H2919H6977H7447H39153I have taken off my robe--must I put it on again? I have washed my feet--must I soil them again?H6584H3801H349H3847H7364H7272H349H29364My lover thrust his hand through the latch-opening; my heart began to pound for him.H1730H7971H3027H4480H2356H4578H19935I arose to open for my lover, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh, on the handles of the lock.H6965H6605H1730H3027H5197H4753H676H5674H4753H3709H45146I opened for my lover, but my lover had left; he was gone. My heart sank at his departure. I looked for him but did not find him. I called him but he did not answer.H6605H1730H1730H2559H5674H5315H3318H1696H1245H4672H7121H60307The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen of the walls!H8104H5437H5892H4672H5221H6481H8104H2346H5375H72898O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you--if you find my lover, what will you tell him? Tell him I am faint with love.H7650H1323H3389H4672H1730H5046H2470H1609How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you charge us so?H1730H1730H3303H802H1730H1730H3602H765010My lover is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.H1730H6703H122H1713H723311His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.H7218H3800H6337H6977H8534H7838H615812His eyes are like doves by the water streams, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.H5869H3123H650H4325H7364H2461H3427H440213His cheeks are like beds of spice yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with myrrh.H3895H6170H1314H4840H4026H8193H7799H5197H5674H475314His arms are rods of gold set with chrysolite. His body is like polished ivory decorated with sapphires.H3027H2091H1550H4390H8658H4578H6247H8127H5968H560115His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars.H7785H5982H8336H3245H134H6337H4758H3844H977H73016His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my lover, this my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.H2441H4477H4261H1730H7453H1323H3389