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Mutual Delight in Each Other

“^aWhere has your beloved gone,O ^bmost beautiful among women?Where is your beloved hiding himself,That we may seek him with you?”

(The Shulammite Bride)

2 “My beloved has gone down to his ^agarden,To the ^bbeds of balsam,To ^cfeed his flock in the gardensAnd gather ^dlilies.3 “^aI am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,He who ^bfeeds his flock among the lilies.”

(The Bridegroom)

4 “^aYou are as beautiful as ¹^bTirzah, my darling,As ^clovely as ^dJerusalem,As ^emajestic as an army with banners!5 “Turn your flashing eyes away from me,For they have confused and overcome me;^aYour hair is like the shimmering black fleece of a flock of Arabian goatsThat have descended from Mount Gilead.6 “^aYour ^bteeth are like a flock of ewesWhich have come up from their washing,All of which bear twins,And not one among them has lost her young.7 “^aYour temples are like a slice of the pomegranateBehind your veil.8 “There are sixty ^aqueens and eighty ¹concubines,And ^bmaidens without number;9 But ^amy dove, my perfect one, stands alone above them all;She is her mother’s only daughter;She is the pure child of the one who bore her.The ^bmaidens saw her and called her blessed and happy,The ^cqueens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying, Col 2:8, 9

10 ‘Who is this that looks down like the dawn,Fair and beautiful as the full ^amoon,Clear and pure ^bas the sun,As ^cmajestic as an army with banners?’11 “I went down to the orchard of nut treesTo see the flowers of the valley,To see whether the ^agrapevine had buddedAnd the ^bpomegranates were in flower.12 “Before I was aware of what was happening, my desire had brought meInto the area of the princes of my people the king’s retinue.”

(The Chorus)

13 “Return, return, O Shulammite;Return, return, that we may gaze at you.”(The Bridegroom)“Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,As at the ^adance of the ^btwo armies?

Mutual Delight in Each Other

“¹^aWhere has your beloved gone,O ^bmost beautiful among women?Where has your beloved turned,That we may seek him with you?”

2 “¹My beloved has gone down to his ^agarden,To the ^bbeds of balsam,To ^cpasture his flock in the gardensAnd gather ^dlilies.3 “^aI am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,He who ^bpastures his flock among the lilies.”

4 “¹^aYou are as beautiful as ^bTirzah, my darling,As ^clovely as ^dJerusalem,As ^eawesome as ²an army with banners.5 “Turn your eyes away from me,For they have confused me;^aYour hair is like a flock of goatsThat have descended from Gilead.6 “^aYour teeth are like a flock of ewesWhich have come up from their washing,All of which bear twins,And not one among them has ¹lost her young.7 “^aYour temples are like a slice of a pomegranateBehind your veil.8 “There are sixty ^aqueens and eighty concubines,And ¹^bmaidens without number;9 But ^amy dove, my perfect one, is ¹unique:She is her mother’s ²only daughter;She is the pure child of the one who bore her.The ³^bmaidens saw her and called her blessed,The ^cqueens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

10 ‘Who is this that ¹grows like the dawn,As beautiful as the full ^amoon,As pure ^bas the sun,As ^cawesome as ²an army with banners?’11 “I went down to the orchard of nut treesTo see the blossoms of the valley,To see whether ^athe vine had buddedOr the ^bpomegranates had bloomed.12 “Before I was aware, my soul set meOver the chariots of ¹my noble people.”

13 “¹²Come back, come back, O Shulammite;Come back, come back, that we may gaze at you!”“³Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,As at the ^adance of ⁴^bthe two companies?