{"book":"Song of Songs","slug":"song-of-songs","ch":5,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Song of Songs","prev":"song-of-songs/4","next":"song-of-songs/6","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, [and] drink; drink freely, O beloved.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have gathered my myrrh with my spice."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have drunk my wine with my milk."},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Eat, O friends, [and] drink;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"drink freely, O beloved."}],"h":"The Bride and Her BelovedThe Bridegroom","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking:“ Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I sleep, but my heart is awake."},{"style":"indent2","t":"A sound! My beloved is knocking:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Open to me, my sister, my darling,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my dove, my flawless one."},{"style":"indent1","t":"My head is drenched with dew,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my hair with the dampness of the night.”"}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"I have taken off my robe — must I put it back on? I have washed my feet — must I soil them again?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I have taken off my robe —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"must I put it back on?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I have washed my feet —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"must I soil them again?"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My beloved put his hand to the latch;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my heart pounded for him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I rose up to open for my beloved."},{"style":"indent2","t":"My hands dripped with myrrh,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"my fingers with flowing myrrh"},{"style":"indent2","t":"on the handles of the bolt."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"I opened for my beloved, but [he] had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I opened for my beloved,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but [he] had turned and gone."},{"style":"indent1","t":"My heart sank at his departure."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I sought him but did not find him."},{"style":"indent2","t":"I called, but he did not answer."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city."},{"style":"indent2","t":"They beat me and bruised me;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"they took away my cloak,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"those guardians of the walls."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I [am] sick with love.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"if you find my beloved,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"tell him I [am] sick with love."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"How [is] your beloved better than [others], O most beautiful among women? How [is] your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How [is] your beloved better than [others],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O most beautiful among women?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"How [is] your beloved better than another,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that you charge us so?"}],"h":"The Friends","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My beloved is dazzling and ruddy,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"outstanding among ten thousand."}],"h":"The Bride","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His head is purest gold;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"his hair is wavy and black as a raven."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk [and] mounted like jewels.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His eyes are like doves"},{"style":"indent2","t":"beside the streams of water,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"bathed in milk"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] mounted like jewels."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His cheeks are like beds of spice,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"towers of perfume."},{"style":"indent1","t":"His lips are like lilies,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"dripping with flowing myrrh."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His arms are rods of gold"},{"style":"indent2","t":"set with beryl."},{"style":"indent1","t":"His body is polished ivory"},{"style":"indent2","t":"bedecked with sapphires."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"His legs [are] pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His legs [are] pillars of marble"},{"style":"indent2","t":"set on bases of pure gold."},{"style":"indent1","t":"His appearance is like Lebanon,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as majestic as the cedars."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"His mouth [is] most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.","f":["Hebrew palate"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His mouth [is] most sweet;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"he is altogether lovely."},{"style":"indent1","t":"This [is] my beloved, and this is my friend,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O daughters of Jerusalem."}],"style":"indent1"}]}