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The Lovers Speak
1
O that you wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find you without, I would kiss you; yes, and none would despise me.
| E | MI | IThNK | KECh | LI
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| | from·he-will | he-will·? | as·I-will·? | to·he-will
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| | IUNQ | ShDI | EMI
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| | he-will·and·we·? | ? | I-will·from·he-will
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| | EMTsEK | BChUTs | EShQK | GM | LE- | IBZU
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| | I-will·from·? | in·? | I-will·? | ? | not | he-will·in·?
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2
I would lead you, and bring you into my mother's house, that you might instruct me; I would cause you to drink of spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.
| B | ENAGK | EBIEK | EL-
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| | I-will·we·the·? | I-will·in·he-will·I-will·as | this
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| | BITh | EMI | ThLMDNI
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| | in·he-will·she-will | I-will·from·he-will | ?
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| | EShQK | MIIN | ARQCh | MOSIS | RMNI
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| | I-will·? | from·he-will·he-will·we | the·? | from·? | ?
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3
His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
| G | ShMELU | ThChTh | REShI | UIMINU | ThChBQNI
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| | ? | under | ? | and·he-will·kinds | ?
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4
'I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem: Why should you awaken, or stir up love, until it please?'
| D | AShBOThI | EThKM | BNUTh | IRUShLM
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| | the·? | I-will·? | in·we·and·she-will | he-will·?
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| | MA- | ThOIRU | UMA- | ThORRU | ETh-
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| | from·the | ? | and·from·the | ? | the
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| | AEABA | OD | ShThChFTs
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| | the·I-will·the·in·the | ? | ?
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5
Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple-tree I awakened you; there your mother was in travail with you; there was she in travail and brought you forth.
| A | MI | ZETh | OLA | MN- | AMDBR | MThRFQTh | OL-
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| | from·he-will | ? | ascend | from | the·from·? | from·? | on
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| | DUDA | ThChTh | AThFUCh | OURRThIK | ShMA | ChBLThK
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| | ? | under | the·? | ? | ? | ?
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| | EMK | ShMA | ChBLA | ILDThK
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| | I-will·from·as | ? | ? | he-will·to·?
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6
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death, jealousy is cruel as the grave; the flashes thereof are flashes of fire, a very flame of IA.
| U | ShIMNI | KChUThM | OL- | LBK | KChUThM | OL- | ZRUOK | KI- | OZA
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| | ? | as·? | on | to·in·as | as·? | on | ? | that | ?
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| | KMUTh | EABA | QShA | KShEUL
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| | as·from·and·she-will | I-will·the·in·the | ? | as·?
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| | QNEA | RShFIA | RShFI | ESh | ShLABThIA
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| | ? | ? | ? | I-will·? | ?
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7
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, he would utterly be contemned.
| Z | MIM | RBIM | LE | IUKLU
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| | waters | ? | not | he-will·and·as·to·and
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| | LKBUTh | ETh- | AEABA
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| | to·as·in·and·she-will | the | the·I-will·the·in·the
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| | UNARUTh | LE | IShTFUA | EM- | IThN
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| | and·we·the·? | not | he-will·? | I-will·from | give
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| | EISh | ETh- | KL- | AUN | BIThU
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| | I-will·he-will·? | the | all | the·and·we | in·he-will·?
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| | BEABA | BUZ | IBUZU
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| | in·I-will·the·in·the | in·and·? | he-will·in·and·?
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8
We have a little sister, and she has no breasts; what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
| Ch | EChUTh | LNU | QTNA | UShDIM | EIN | LA | MA-
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| | I-will·? | to·we·and | ? | and·? | no | to·the | from·the
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| | NOShA | LEChThNU | BIUM | ShIDBR- | BA
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| | we·make | to·I-will·? | in·day | ? | in·the
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9
If she be a wall, we will build on her a turret of silver; and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar.
| T | EM- | ChUMA | AIE | NBNA
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| | I-will·from | ? | the·he-will·I-will | we·in·we·the
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| | OLIA | TIRTh | KSF | UEM- | DLTh
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| | ? | ? | as·? | and·I-will·from | ?
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| | AIE | NTsUR | OLIA | LUCh | ERZ
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| | the·he-will·I-will | we·? | ? | to·and·? | I-will·?
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10
I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers thereof; then was I in his eyes as one that found peace.
| I | ENI | ChUMA | UShDI | KMGDLUTh | EZ
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| | I | ? | and·? | as·from·? | I-will·?
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| | AIIThI | BOINIU | KMUTsETh | ShLUM
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| | the·he-will·he-will·? | in·? | as·from·and·? | ?
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11
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he gave over the vineyard to keepers; every one for the fruit thereof brought in a thousand pieces of silver.
| IE | KRM | AIA | LShLMA | BBOL
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| | as·? | the·he-will·the | to·? | in·in·on
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| | AMUN | NThN | ETh- | AKRM | LNTRIM
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| | the·from·and·we | we·? | the | the·as·? | to·we·?
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| | EISh | IBE | BFRIU | ELF
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| | I-will·he-will·? | he-will·come | in·? | I-will·to·?
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12
My vineyard, which is mine, is before me; you, O Solomon, shall have the thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
| IB | KRMI | ShLI | LFNI | AELF | LK | ShLMA
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| | as·? | ? | to·face | the·I-will·to·? | to·as | ?
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| | UMEThIM | LNTRIM | ETh- | FRIU
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| | and·from·I-will·? | to·we·? | the | ?
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13
You that dwell in the gardens, the companions hearken for your voice: 'Cause me to hear it.'
| IG | AIUShBTh | BGNIM | ChBRIM | MQShIBIM | LQULK
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| | the·he-will·and·rest | in·? | ? | from·? | to·?
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14
Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a gazelle or to a young hart on the mountains of spices.
| ID | BRCh | DUDI | UDMA- | LK | LTsBI | EU | LOFR
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| | in·? | ? | and·? | to·as | to·? | I-will·and | to·dust
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| | AEILIM | OL | ARI | BShMIM
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| | the·I-will·he-will·to·sea | on | the·? | in·heaven
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