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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.
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1Tus uas kuv hlub, ua li cas koj
yuav zoo nkauj ua luaj!
Koj ob lub qhovmuag nyob sab hauv daim ntaub
uas npog koj lub ntsejmuag ci hob ntxim hlub kawg li.
Koj cov plaubhau ntxhee yees ib yam li pab tshis
uas khiav pem tej pov roob Nkile-as los.
2Koj cov hniav dawb ib yam li pab yaj
uas luag nyuam qhuav muab txiav plaub thiab ntxuav tas.
Txhua tus puavleej yug menyuam
ntxaib tsis muaj ib tug tshob li.
3Koj ob daim dincauj zoo ib yam li
pluaj ntaub liab;
thaum koj hais lus ua cas koj ob daim dincauj
ntxim hlub ua luaj.
Koj ob sab plhu zoo ib yam li ob sab txiv ntsiavkws
nyob sab hauv daim ntaub uas npog koj lub ntsejmuag.
4Koj lub cajdab zoo ib yam li Daviv
lub chaw tsomfaj uas kheej du ntaug lees,
muab ib txoj saw dai ib txhiab tus
ncais rau koj coj puagncig cajdab.
5Koj ob lub mis zoo ib yam li ob tug
menyuam kauv,
ob tug menyuam kauv ntxaib uas
tabtom noj zaub hauv lub hav paj lilis.
6Kuv yuav nyob saum lub pov roob
uas muaj tshuaj tsw qab mules,
yog lub pov roob uas muaj tshuaj tsw qab mus txog
thaum sawv ntxov uas muaj cua ntsawj laj ntxiag tuaj
thiab qhov tsaus ntuj ploj mus lawm.
7Tus uas kuv hlub, ua li cas koj zoo nkauj ua luaj;
ua cas koj yuav zoo ua luaj tsis muaj
ib qho phem li!
8Kuv tus nkauj nyab, koj cia li
nqis saum Roob Lenpanoos los nrog
kuv mus;
koj cia li nqis saum roob Lenpanoos los cuag kuv.
Koj cia li nqis saum Roob Amanas los,
cia li nqis saum Roob Xenis thiab saum Roob Helemoos,
qhov chaw uas tej tsov ntxhuav thiab
tsov txaij nyob los.
9Kuv nplooj siab, kuv tus nkauj nyab,
koj ob lub qhovmuag uas saib ntsoov kuv
thiab tej saw uas koj coj ntawm
cajdab twb nyiag kuv nplooj siab lawm.
10Koj txojkev hlub ua rau kuv txaus siab kawg nkaus li.
Kuv nplooj siab thiab kuv tus nkauj nyab,
koj txojkev hlub zoo tshaj tej cawv
txiv hmab;
koj tej tshuaj tsw qab tseem tsw qab
tshaj tej txujlom lawm thiab.
11Tus uas kuv hlub, koj ob daim di
ncauj qab zib npaum li zib ntab;
koj tus nplaig yog kua mis thiab zib ntab rau kuv.
Koj cev ris tsho tsw qab ntxiag li tus
ntxhiab pem Lenpanoos.
12Kuv nplooj siab, kuv tus nkauj nyab,
koj yog lub vaj uas nyob nraim nkoos,
lub vaj uas xov lajkab thaiv,
thiab lub qhovdej uas twb muaj tswv lawm;
13nyob hauv lub vaj ntawd tej txiv ntoo hlob zoo heev.
Tej txiv ntoo ntawd hlob mos nyoos ib yam li
tej txiv ntsiavkws thiab txi txiv zoo kawg nkaus li.
Nyob qhov ntawd tsw qab ntxiag li henas thiab naj,
14xafiloos, kalamus thiab kinamoos,
lossis tsw qab ntxiag li txhua yam tshuaj tsw qab.
Muaj tej nroj mules thiab alaus tuaj hauv lub vaj ntawd
nrog txhua yam ntoo tsw qab uas siv
ua tej tshuaj tsw qab tshaj plaws.
15Yog lub vaj uas muaj qhovdej txhawv,
yog tus dej uas ntws ntshiab si,
yog tus dej uas txhawv thiab ntws pem roob Lenpanoos los.
16Cov cua sab qaumteb, cia li sawv.
Cov cua sab qabteb, cia li ntsawj
tuaj rau hauv kuv lub vaj
kom tej pa tsw qab ntxiag mus rau txhua qhov.
Cia tus uas kuv hlub tuaj rau hauv nws lub vaj,
thiab cia nws los noj tej txiv ntoo
uas qab tshaj plaws.