Admiration by the Bridegroom
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“Your navel is like a round goblet
Which never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat
Fenced about with lilies.
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Which never lacks mixed wine;
Your belly is like a heap of wheat
Fenced about with lilies.
The Union of Love
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“Let us rise early and go to the vineyards;
Let us (L)see whether the vine has budded
And its blossoms have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
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Let us (L)see whether the vine has budded
And its blossoms have opened,
And whether the pomegranates have bloomed.
There I will give you my love.
Footnotes:
a.
Song of Solomon 7:1: ['Ch 7:2 in Heb']
b.
Song of Solomon 7:1: ['Lit ', footsteps]
c.
Song of Solomon 7:1: ['Or ', nobleman’s]
d.
Song of Solomon 7:1: ['Or ', ornaments]
e.
Song of Solomon 7:5: ['Lit ', is upon]
f.
Song of Solomon 7:6: ['Or With ', love among your delights]
g.
Song of Solomon 7:7: ['Lit ', This stature of yours]
h.
Song of Solomon 7:8: ['Lit ', nose]
i.
Song of Solomon 7:8: ['Or ', apricots]
j.
Song of Solomon 7:9: ['Lit ', palate]
k.
Song of Solomon 7:9: ['BRIDE']
l.
Song of Solomon 7:11: ['Lit ', field]