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Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
    come with me from Lebanon.
Come down[a] from Mount Amana,
    from the peaks of Senir and Hermon,
where the lions have their dens
    and leopards live among the hills.

You have captured my heart,
    my treasure,[b] my bride.
You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes,
    with a single jewel of your necklace.
10 Your love delights me,
    my treasure, my bride.
Your love is better than wine,
    your perfume more fragrant than spices.
11 Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride.
    Honey and milk are under your tongue.
Your clothes are scented
    like the cedars of Lebanon.

12 You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride,
    a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.
13 Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates
    with rare spices—
henna with nard,
14     nard and saffron,
    fragrant calamus and cinnamon,
with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes,
    and every other lovely spice.
15 You are a garden fountain,
    a well of fresh water
    streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains.

Young Woman

16 Awake, north wind!
    Rise up, south wind!
Blow on my garden
    and spread its fragrance all around.
Come into your garden, my love;
    taste its finest fruits.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:8 Or Look down.
  2. 4:9 Hebrew my sister; also in 4:10, 12.

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.

She

16 Awake, north wind,
    and come, south wind!
Blow on my garden,(W)
    that its fragrance(X) may spread everywhere.
Let my beloved(Y) come into his garden
    and taste its choice fruits.(Z)

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Footnotes

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