Song of Solomon 5:2-7

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² “One night as I was sleeping, my heart awakened in a dream. I heard the voice of my beloved; he was knocking at my bedroom door. ‘Open to me, my darling, my lover, my lovely dove,’ he said, ‘for I have been out in the night and am covered with dew.’

³ “But I said, ‘I have disrobed. Shall I get dressed again? I have washed my feet, and should I get them soiled?’

⁴ “My beloved tried to unlatch the door, and my heart was thrilled within me. ⁵ I jumped up to open it, and my hands dripped with perfume, my fingers with lovely myrrh as I pulled back the bolt. ⁶ I opened to my beloved, but he was gone. My heart stopped. I searched for him but couldn’t find him anywhere. I called to him, but there was no reply. ⁷ The guards found me and struck and wounded me. The watchman on the wall tore off my veil.