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14 spikenard and saffron,
Sweet cane and cinnamon,
    with all kinds of frankincense;
Myrrh and aloes,
    with all the finest spices;[a]
15 A garden fountain, a well of living water,
    streams flowing from Lebanon.
16 Awake,[b] north wind!
    Come, south wind!
Blow upon my garden
    that its perfumes may spread abroad.
W Let my lover come to his garden
    and eat its fruits of choicest yield.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:14 These plants are all known for their sweet fragrance.
  2. 4:16 Awake: the same verb is used of love in 3:5. The woman may be the speaker of 16a, as it is she who issues the invitation of 16b. His garden: the woman herself.