Add parallel Print Page Options

The Lover’s Garden

12 M(A) A garden enclosed, my sister, my bride,
    a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed![a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 4:12 Garden enclosed…fountain sealed: reserved for the lover alone. Cf. Prv 5:15–19 for similar images used to describe fruitful, committed relationship.

Chapter 5

M(A) I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride;
    I gather my myrrh with my spices,
I eat my honeycomb with my honey,
    I drink my wine with my milk.
D? Eat, friends; drink!
    Drink deeply, lovers![a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 5:1 Eat…lovers: the translation and meaning are uncertain.