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Young Women of Jerusalem

Where has your lover gone,
    O woman of rare beauty?
Which way did he turn
    so we can help you find him?

Young Woman

My lover has gone down to his garden,
    to his spice beds,
to browse in the gardens
    and gather the lilies.

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The Young Women

Where did your beloved go,
most beautiful of women?
Where did your beloved turn,
so we may look for him with you?

The Loved One

My beloved has gone down to his garden,
    to the beds of spices,
to graze his flock[a] in the gardens
    and gather lilies.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:2 The Heb. lacks his flock