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The Locked Garden of Delights Is Unlocked

12 A garden locked is my sister bride,
    a spring enclosed,[a] a fountain sealed.
13 Your shoots[b] are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruit,[c]
    henna with nard;
14 nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon spice with all trees of frankincense,
    myrrh and aloes with all chief spices.
15 A garden fountain, a well of living water,
    flowing (streams) from Lebanon.
16 Awake, O north wind! Come, O south wind!
    Blow upon my garden! Let its fragrances[d] waft forth![e]
Let my beloved come to his garden,
    let him eat his choice fruit!

I have come to my garden, my sister bride,
    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 and become drunk with love![f]

Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 4:12 Or “a source locked”
  2. Song of Solomon 4:13 Or “your channel”
  3. Song of Solomon 4:13 Literally “fruit of choice things”
  4. Song of Solomon 4:16 Or “perfumes”
  5. Song of Solomon 4:16 Or “His perfumes can waft down”
  6. Song of Solomon 5:1 Or “Drink and become drunk, O lovers!”