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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.
1Tus uas kuv nyiam, koj zoo nkauj kawg,
koj zoo nkauj tiag tiag li.
Koj ob lub qhov muag
uas nyob hauv daim qab ntaub kauv
zoo tam tus nquab taug.
Koj plaubhau npws qas loo yam li pab tshis
uas nqes pem ntav roob Kile‑a los.
2Koj cov hniav zoo tam pab yaj
uas nyuam qhuav muab plaub txiav tag
thiab muab ntxuav tag.
Txhua tus muaj menyuam ntxaib
thiab tsis muaj ib tug uas sem menyuam li.
3Koj daim tawv ncauj liab ploog li xov liab,
koj lub qhov ncauj zoo nkauj kawg,
koj ob sab plhu uas nyob
hauv daim qab ntaub kauv, zoo yam nkaus li
lub txiv ntsiav kws phua ob sab.
4Koj lub caj dab zoo tam
Davi lub tsev zov khuav
uas ua los khaws tej cuab yeej ua rog,
sab nraud dai ib txhiab daim hlau thaiv,
txhua daim ntawd
yog cov tub rog siab tuab li.
5Koj ob lub mis zoo yam nkaus li
ob tug menyuam kauv seb ntxaib,
uas noj zaub hauv tej paj lilij.
6Kuv yuav mus pem roob roj tsw qab
thiab mus pem pov roob roj ntoos tsw qab
mus txog thaum cua ntsawj sawv ntxov
thiab duab tsaus ntuj ploj lawm.
7Tus uas kuv nyiam,
koj lub cev ntaj ntsug zoo nkauj kawg,
tsis muaj ib qho phem li.
8Kuv tus nkauj nyab,
cia li tawm hauv Lenpanoo nrog kuv mus,
cia li tawm hauv Lenpanoo
nrog kuv mus ov,
cia li nqes saum hau roob Amana,
thiab saum hau roob Xeni
thiab roob Hawmoo,
thiab tawm hauv lub qhov tsov ntxhuav,
thiab lub roob tsov pom txwv.
9Kuv tus muam npaws, kuv tus nkauj nyab,
koj lws kiag kuv nplooj siab lawm,
thiab koj tib laj muam rau kuv xwb
rub kiag kuv lub siab,
koj tib txoj saws xwb rub tau kuv lawm.
10Kuv tus muam npaws, kuv tus nkauj nyab,
ua cas koj txojkev hlub qab zib ua luaj?
Koj txojkev nyiam qab dua cawv txiv hmab,
thiab tej tshuaj uas koj pleev tsw qab dua li
tej hmoov tshuaj tsw qab huvsi.
11Kuv tus nkauj nyab,
koj daim tawv ncauj nrog zib ntab,
zib ntab thiab kua mis
nyob hauv koj tus qab nplaig.
Koj cev tsoos tsho tsw qab ntxiag
yam li Lenpanoo.
12Kuv tus muam npaws, kuv tus nkauj nyab
yog lub vaj uas muab kaw cia,
yog lub vaj uas muab txwv cia,
yog lub qhov dej txhawv
uas muab kaw cia lawm.
13Koj yog lub vaj txiv ntsiav kws
thiab muaj lwm yam txiv ntoo
uas zoo zoo puv nkaus,
muaj tej paj ntoo tsw qab
thiab ntoo roj tsw qab,
14Muaj ntoo roj tsw qab,
thiab qhiav daj, tauj qaib, ntoo tuv,
thiab lwm yam ntoo
uas ua tshuaj tsw qab, roj tsw qab
thiab roj ntoo alau‑es
thiab txhua yam txuj lom.
15Koj yog lub qhov dej uas txhawv hauv vaj,
yog lub hauv dej cag,
thiab yog tej dej ntws pem Lenpanoo los.
16Tej cua ntsawj sab ped tuaj 'e,
cia li sawv tsees,
tej cua ntsawj sab nrad 'e, cia li ntsawj tuaj.
Cia li ntsawj rau kuv lub vaj
kom tej pa tsw qab hauv lub vaj
thiaj li tsw thoob plaws mus.
Thov cia tus uas kuv ntxim siab
nkag los rau hauv nws lub vaj
thiab noj tej txiv ntoo uas zoo tshaj plaws.