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The Woman Speaks Again

I hear my lover’s voice.
    He comes jumping across the mountains.
    He comes skipping over the hills!
My lover is like a gazelle or a young deer.
    Look, he stands behind our wall.
He stares in through the windows,
    looking through the blinds.
10 My lover spoke. He said to me,
    “Get up, my darling.
    Let’s go away, my beautiful one.

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Listen! My beloved!
    Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.(A)
My beloved is like a gazelle(B) or a young stag.(C)
    Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    peering through the lattice.
10 My beloved spoke and said to me,
    “Arise, my darling,
    my beautiful one, come with me.

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