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\c 3
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\sp The woman speaking to herself
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\q
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\v 1 At night on my bed
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\q I was longing for the one I love;
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\q I looked for him, but I could not find him.
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\q
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\v 2 I said to myself, "I will get up and go through the city,
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\q through the streets and squares;
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\q I will search for my beloved."
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\q I searched for him, but I did not find him.
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\q
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\v 3 The watchmen found me as they were making their rounds in the city.
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\q I asked them, "Have you seen my beloved?"
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\q
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\v 4 It was only a little while after I had passed them
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\q that I found the one whom my soul loves.
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\q I held him and would not let him go
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\q until I had brought him into my mother’s house,
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\q into the bedroom of the one who had conceived me.
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\p
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\sp The woman speaking to the other women
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\q
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\v 5 I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem's men,
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\q by the gazelles and the does of the fields,
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\q that you will not interrupt our lovemaking
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\q until it is over.
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\p
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\sp The young woman speaking to herself
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\q
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\v 6 What is that coming up from the wilderness
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\q like a column of smoke,
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\q perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,
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\q with all powders sold by merchants?
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\q
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\v 7 Look, it is the portable litter of Solomon;
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\q sixty warriors surround it,
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\q sixty soldiers of Israel.
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\q
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\v 8 They are expert with the sword and are skilled in warfare.
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\q Every man has his sword at his side,
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\q armed against the terrors of the night.
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\q
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\v 9 King Solomon made himself a sedan chair
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\q of the wood from Lebanon.
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\q
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\v 10 Its posts were made of silver;
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\q the back was made of gold, and the seat of purple cloth.
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\q Its interior was decorated with love
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\q by the daughters of Jerusalem's men.
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\sp The young woman speaking to the women of Jerusalem
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\q
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\v 11 Go out, daughters of Zion's men, and gaze on King Solomon,
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\q bearing the crown with which his mother crowned him
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\q on his marriage day,
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\q on that happy day of his life.
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