Song of Songs 5
The Torment Of Separation
(The Bridegroom)
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words].
I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;
I have drunk my wine with my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and drink deeply, O lovers.”
A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;
My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’
How can I put it on again?
I had washed my feet,
How could I get them dirty again?
And my feelings were aroused for him.
And my hands dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.
But my beloved had turned away and was gone.
My heart went out to him when he spoke.
I searched for him, but I could not find him;
I called him, but he did not answer me.
They struck me, they wounded me;
The guardsmen of the walls took my shawl from me.
If you find my beloved,
As to what you tell him—
[Say that] I am sick from love [sick from being without him].”
O most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
That you should so command us to take an oath?”
(The Shulammite Bride)
Outstanding among ten thousand.
His hair is [curly] like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk
And reposed in their setting.
Banks of sweet, fragrant herbs.
His lips are lilies
Dripping sweet-scented myrrh.
Set with beryl;
His abdomen is a figure of carved ivory
Inlaid with sapphires.
Set upon pedestals of fine gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
Stately and choice as the cedars.
Yes, he is altogether lovely and desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.”
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