10 How beautiful is your love, my (A)sister, my bride!
    How much (B)better is your love than wine,
    and (C)the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
11 Your (D)lips drip nectar, my bride;
    (E)honey and milk are under your tongue;
    the fragrance of your garments is (F)like the fragrance of (G)Lebanon.
12 A garden locked is my (H)sister, my bride,
    a spring locked, (I)a fountain (J)sealed.

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10 Your love for me is wonderful,
    my sister and my bride.
I enjoy your love even more than I enjoy wine.
Your perfume has a smell
    that is more lovely than any spice!
11 Your lips taste very sweet to me, my bride.
    They taste like honey that falls from the honeycomb.
    Milk and honey are under your tongue.
The smell of your clothes
    is like the cedar trees of Lebanon.
12 My sister and my bride, you are like a garden for me
    that is locked to other men.
You are like a spring or a fountain
    that other people may not drink water from.

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