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The Friends Speak to the Woman

Where has your lover gone,
    most beautiful of women?
Which way did your lover turn?
    We will look for him with you.

The Woman Answers the Friends

My lover has gone down to his garden.
    He has gone to the garden beds of spices
to feed in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
I belong to my lover.
    And my lover belongs to me.
    He feeds among the lilies.

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