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Amado

Ya llego a mi jardín,
hermana y novia mía,
a recoger mi mirra y mis especias,
a comer de mi miel y mi panal,
a beber de mi vino y de mi leche.

Coro

¡Comed, amigos, bebed
y embriagaos de amores!

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Amada

Yo dormía con el corazón en vela
y escuché la voz de mi amor:
— Ábreme, hermana y compañera mía,
mi paloma sin defecto,
que traigo la cabeza cubierta de rocío
y los rizos mojados del relente nocturno.
— Ya me quité la túnica,
¿cómo voy a ponérmela?
Ya me lavé los pies,
¿cómo voy a mancharlos?

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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.”
I have taken off my robe—
    must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
    must I soil them again?

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I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

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