Myrrh, aloes, and cassia perfume all your garments;
from ivory palaces harps bring you joy.(A)

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All your robes are fragrant(A) with myrrh(B) and aloes(C) and cassia;(D)
    from palaces adorned with ivory(E)
    the music of the strings(F) makes you glad.

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14 My dove,(A) in the clefts of the rock,(B)
in the crevices of the cliff,
let me see your face,[a]
let me hear your voice;(C)
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.(D)

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14 My dove(A) in the clefts of the rock,
    in the hiding places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
    let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is lovely.(B)

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30 And you, devastated one, what are you doing(A)
that you dress yourself in scarlet,
that you adorn yourself with gold jewelry,
that you enhance your eyes with makeup?(B)
You beautify yourself for nothing.
Your lovers reject you;(C)
they intend to take your life.(D)

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30 What are you doing,(A) you devastated one?
    Why dress yourself in scarlet
    and put on jewels(B) of gold?
Why highlight your eyes with makeup?(C)
    You adorn yourself in vain.
Your lovers(D) despise you;
    they want to kill you.(E)

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