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== Shir Hashirim (Book of Song of songs), Chapter 4 ==

<named id="1"/>1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil; thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from mount Gilead.

<named id="2"/>2 Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes all shaped alike, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them.

<named id="3"/>3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely; thy temples are like a pomegranate split open behind thy veil.

<named id="4"/>4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded with turrets, whereon there hang a thousand shields, all the armour of the mighty men.

<named id="5"/>5 Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a gazelle, which feed among the lilies.

<named id="6"/>6 Until the day breathe, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

<named id="7"/>7 Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee.

<named id="8"/>8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, 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.

<named id="9"/>9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one bead of thy necklace.

<named id="10"/>10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices!

<named id="11"/>11 Thy lips, O my bride, drop honey--honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

<named id="12"/>12 A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

<named id="13"/>13 Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,

<named id="14"/>14 Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

<named id="15"/>15 Thou art a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.

<named id="16"/>16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits.

== See also ==
* [[Shir Hashirim 3|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Shir Hashirim 4 Commentaries]]
* [[Shir Hashirim 5|Next Chapter]]

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