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La novia

En medio de mis sueños
mi corazón despertó
y alcancé a oír una voz.
Era la voz de mi amado,
que estaba a la puerta:

El novio

«Amada mía;
mi preciosa palomita,
¡déjame pasar!
Tengo la cabeza bañada en rocío;
¡me corre por el cabello
la lluvia de la noche!»

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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.

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She

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

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