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Beloved:
BelAll night long on my bed
BelBelI looked for the one my heart loves;
BelBelI looked for him but did not find
BelBelBelhim.
BelI will get up now and go about the city,
BelBelthrough its streets and squares;
BelI will search for the one my heart loves.
BelBelSo I looked for him but did not find
BelBelBelhim.
BelThe watchmen found me
BelBelas they made their rounds in the city.
BelBel"Have you seen the one my heart
BelBelBelloves?"
BelScarcely had I passed them
BelBelwhen I found the one my heart loves.
BelI held him and would not let him go
BelBeltill I had brought him to my mother's
BelBelBelhouse,
BelBelto the room of the one who
BelBelBelconceived me.
BelDaughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
BelBelby the gazelles and by the does of the
BelBelBelfield:
BelDo not arouse or awaken love
BelBeluntil it so desires.

BelWho is this coming up from the desert
BelBellike a column of smoke,
Belperfumed with myrrh and incense
BelBelmade from all the spices of the
BelBelBelmerchant?
BelLook! It is Solomon's carriage,
BelBelescorted by sixty warriors,
BelBelthe noblest of Israel,
Belall of them wearing the sword,
BelBelall experienced in battle,
Beleach with his sword ay his side,
BelBelprepared for the terrors of the night.
BelKing Solomon made for himself the
BelBelBelcarriage;
BelBelhe made it of wood from Lebanon.
BelIts posts he made of silver,
BelBelits base of gold.
BelIts seat was uphoistered with purple,
BelBelits interiour lovingly inlaid
BelBelby the daughters of Jerusalem.
BelCome out, you daughters of Zion,
BelBeland look at King Solomon wearing
BelBelBelthe crown,
BelBelthe crown with which his mother
BelBelBelcrowned him
Belon the day of his wedding,
BelBelthe day his heart rejoiced.