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The Bridegroom Praises the Bride
The Beloved
Behold, you are fair!
You have dove’s eyes behind your veil.
Your hair is like a ⚓flock of goats,
Going down from Mount Gilead.
2⚓Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep
Which have come up from the washing,
Every one of which bears twins,
And none is barren among them.
3Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
⚓Your temples behind your veil
Are like a piece of pomegranate.
4⚓Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built ⚓for an armory,
On which hang a thousand bucklers,
All shields of mighty men.
5⚓Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle,
Which feed among the lilies.
6⚓Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.
7⚓You are all fair, my love,
And there is no spot in you.
8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse,
With me from Lebanon.
Look from the top of Amana,
From the top of Senir ⚓and Hermon,
From the lions’ dens,
From the mountains of the leopards.
9You have ravished my heart,
My sister, my spouse;
You have ravished my heart
With one look of your eyes,
With one link of your necklace.
10How fair is your love,
My sister, my spouse!
⚓How much better than wine is your love,
And the scent of your perfumes
Than all spices!
11Your lips, O my spouse,
Drip as the honeycomb;
⚓Honey and milk are under your tongue;
And the fragrance of your garments
Is⚓like the fragrance of Lebanon.
12A garden enclosed
Is my sister, my spouse,
A spring shut up,
A fountain sealed.
13Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates
With pleasant fruits,
Fragrant henna with spikenard,
14Spikenard and saffron,
Calamus and cinnamon,
With all trees of frankincense,
Myrrh and aloes,
With all the chief spices—
15A fountain of gardens,
A well of ⚓living waters,
And streams from Lebanon.
16Awake, O north wind,
And come, O south!
Blow upon my garden,
That its spices may flow out.
⚓Let my beloved come to his garden
And eat its pleasant ⚓fruits.
1Tug kws kuv nyam, koj zoo nkauj kawg,
koj zoo nkauj tag tag le.
Koj ob lub qhov muag
kws nyob huv qaab daim ntaub kauv
zoo taam tug nquab taug.
Koj plaubhau nplwg quas loo
yaam le paab tshws
kws nqeg peg ntaav roob Kile‑a lug.
2Koj cov nav zoo taam paab yaaj
kws nyav muab plaub txav taag
hab muab ntxuav taag.
Txhua tug muaj mivnyuas ntxaib
hab tsw muaj ib tug kws sem mivnyuas le.
3Koj daim tawv ncauj lab ploog le xuv lab,
koj lub qhov ncauj zoo nkauj kawg,
koj ob saab plhu
kws nyob huv qaab ntaub kauv,
zoo yaam nkaus le lub txwv ntsab pobkws
phua ob saab.
4Koj lub cej daab
zoo taam Tavi lub tsev zuv khuav
kws ua lug khaws tej cuab yeej ua rog,
saab nrau dai ib txheeb daim hlau thaiv,
txhua daim hov yog cov tub rog sab tuab le.
5Koj ob lub mig zoo yaam nkaus le
ob tug mivnyuas kauv seb ntxaib,
kws noj zaub huv tej paaj lilij.
6Kuv yuav moog peg roob roj tsw qaab
hab moog peg pov roob roj ntoos tsw qaab
moog txug thaus cua ntsawj sawv ntxuv
hab duab tsaus ntuj pluj lawm.
7Tug kws kuv nyam,
koj lub cev ntaaj ntsug zoo nkauj kawg,
tsw muaj ib qho phem le.
8Kuv tug nkauj nyaab,
ca le tawm huv Lenpanoo nrug kuv moog,
ca le tawm huv Lenpanoo nrug kuv moog ov,
ca le nqeg sau hauv roob Amana,
hab sau hauv roob Xeni hab roob Hawmoo,
hab tawm huv lub qhov tsuv ntxhuav,
hab lub roob tsuv pom txwv.
9Kuv tug muam npawg, kuv tug nkauj nyaab,
koj lws hlo kuv nplooj sab lawm,
hab koj ib laaj muag rua kuv xwb
nqug hlo kuv lub sab,
koj tuab txuj saws xwb nqug tau kuv lawm.
10Kuv tug muam npawg, kuv tug nkauj nyaab,
ua caag koj txujkev hlub qaab zwb ua luaj?
Koj txujkev nyam qaab dua cawv txwv maab,
hab tej tshuaj kws koj pleev tsw qaab dua le
tej moov tshuaj tsw qaab huvsw.
11Kuv tug nkauj nyaab,
koj daim tawv ncauj nrug zwb ntaab,
zwb ntaab hab kua mig
nyob huv qaab koj tug nplaig.
Koj cev tsoog tsho tsw qaab ntxag
yaam le Lenpanoo.
12Kuv tug muam npawg, kuv tug nkauj nyaab
yog lub vaaj kws muab kaw ca,
yog lub vaaj kws muab txwv ca,
yog lub qhov dej txhawv
kws muab kaw ca lawm.
13Koj yog lub vaaj txwv ntsab pobkws
hab muaj lwm yaam txwv ntoo
kws zoo zoo puv nkaus,
muaj tej paaj ntoo tsw qaab
hab ntoo roj tsw qaab,
14Muaj ntoo roj tsw qaab,
hab qhav daaj, tauj qab, ntoo tuv,
hab lwm yaam ntoo kws ua tshuaj tsw qaab,
roj tsw qaab hab roj ntoo alau‑es
hab txhua yaam txum lom.
15Koj yog lub qhov dej kws txhawv huv vaaj,
yog lub hauv dej cag,
hab yog tej dej ndwg peg Lenpanoo lug.
16Tej cua ntsawj saab peg tuaj 'e,
ca le sawv tseeg,
tej cua ntsawj saab nraag 'e,
ca le ntsawj tuaj.
Ca le ntsawj rua kuv lub vaaj
sub tej paa tsw qaab huv lub vaaj
txhad le tsw thoob plawg moog.
Thov ca tug kws kuv ntxwm sab
nkaag lug rua huv nwg lub vaaj
hab noj tej txwv ntoo kws zoo tshaaj plawg.