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Come with me from the Lebanon Mountains, my bride;
    come with me from Lebanon.
Come down from the top of Mount Amana,
    from Mount Senir and Mount Hermon,
    where the lions and leopards live.
The look in your eyes, my sweetheart and bride,
    and the necklace you are wearing
    have stolen my heart.
10 Your love delights me,
    my sweetheart and bride.
Your love is better than wine;
    your perfume more fragrant than any spice.
11 The taste of honey is on your lips, my darling;
    your tongue is milk and honey for me.
Your clothing has all the fragrance of Lebanon.

12 My sweetheart, my bride, is a secret garden,
    a walled garden, a private spring;
13     there the plants flourish.
They grow like an orchard of pomegranate trees
    and bear the finest fruits.
There is no lack of henna and nard,
14     of saffron, calamus, and cinnamon,
    or incense of every kind.
Myrrh and aloes grow there
    with all the most fragrant perfumes.
15 Fountains water the garden,
    streams of flowing water,
    brooks gushing down from the Lebanon Mountains.

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Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,(A)
    come with me from Lebanon.
Descend from the crest of Amana,
    from the top of Senir,(B) the summit of Hermon,(C)
from the lions’ dens
    and the mountain haunts of leopards.
You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;(D)
    you have stolen my heart
with one glance of your eyes,
    with one jewel of your necklace.(E)
10 How delightful(F) is your love(G), my sister, my bride!
    How much more pleasing is your love than wine,(H)
and the fragrance of your perfume(I)
    more than any spice!
11 Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
    milk and honey are under your tongue.(J)
The fragrance of your garments
    is like the fragrance of Lebanon.(K)
12 You are a garden(L) locked up, my sister, my bride;(M)
    you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.(N)
13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates(O)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna(P) and nard,
14     nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,(Q)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh(R) and aloes(S)
    and all the finest spices.(T)
15 You are[a] a garden(U) fountain,(V)
    a well of flowing water
    streaming down from Lebanon.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 4:15 Or I am (spoken by She)