男子:

我的妹妹,我的新娘啊,
我已經來到自己的園中,
採了我的沒藥和香料,
品嚐了我的蜂房和蜂蜜,
也享用了我的美酒和鮮奶。

耶路撒冷的少女:

朋友們,盡情吃喝吧。
相愛的人啊,沉醉在愛中吧!

女子:

我雖然躺在床上,心卻清醒。
我聽見我的良人在叩門,說:「開門吧!
我的妹妹,我的愛人,
我完美無瑕的小鴿子啊,
我的頭上沾滿了露水,
頭髮被夜間的露珠弄濕了。」

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He

I have come into my garden,(A) my sister, my bride;(B)
    I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
    I have drunk my wine and my milk.(C)

Friends

Eat, friends, and drink;
    drink your fill of love.

She

I slept but my heart was awake.
    Listen! My beloved is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
    my dove,(D) my flawless(E) one.(F)
My head is drenched with dew,
    my hair with the dampness of the night.”

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