11 Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,
    let us spend the night in the villages.[a]
12 Let us go early to the vineyards(A)
    to see if the vines have budded,(B)
if their blossoms(C) have opened,
    and if the pomegranates(D) are in bloom(E)
    there I will give you my love.
13 The mandrakes(F) send out their fragrance,
    and at our door is every delicacy,
both new and old,
    that I have stored up for you, my beloved.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 7:11 Or the henna bushes

11 Come, my beloved,
    let us go forth into the fields
    and lodge in the villages;
12 let us go out early to the vineyards;
    let us see whether the vines have budded,
whether the grape blossoms have opened
    and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.(A)
13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
    and over our doors are all choice fruits,
new as well as old,
    which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.(B)

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