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14 nard and saffron [C spicy floral scent], calamus [C woody odor], and cinnamon,
    with trees of incense, myrrh [C aromatic gum from tree bark], and aloes [C a fragrant wood]
    all the best spices.
15 You are like a garden fountain—
    a well of ·fresh [L living] water
·flowing [streaming] down from the mountains of Lebanon.

The Woman Speaks

16 Awake, north wind.
    Come, south wind.
Blow on my garden,
    and let its ·sweet smells [spices] flow out.
Let my lover enter the garden
    and eat its best fruits [C she desires physical intimacy].

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