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		<title>Bible, vol. 1, Old Testament -- Book 22. Song of Songs (of Solomon; Canticles)  1: 2ff (Song (Cant) 1:2-4) [RJPS (2023 ed.)]</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, give me of the kisses of your mouth,<br />
<span class="tab">For your love is more delightful than wine.<br />
Your ointments yield a sweet fragrance,<br />
<span class="tab">Your name is like finest oil &#8212;<br />
<span class="tab">Therefore do maidens love you.<br />
Draw me after you, let us run!<br />
<span class="tab">The king has brought me to his chambers.<br />
<span class="tab">Let us delight and rejoice in your love,<br />
<span class="tab">Savoring it more than wine &#8212;<br />
<span class="tab">Like new wine they love you!</p>
<p>יִשָּׁקֵ֙נִי֙ מִנְּשִׁיק֣וֹת פִּ֔יהוּ כִּֽי־טוֹבִ֥ים דֹּדֶ֖יךָ מִיָּֽיִן׃<br />
לְרֵ֙יחַ֙ שְׁמָנֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִ֔ים שֶׁ֖מֶן תּוּרַ֣ק שְׁמֶ֑ךָ עַל־כֵּ֖ן עֲלָמ֥וֹת אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃<br />
מׇשְׁכֵ֖נִי אַחֲרֶ֣יךָ נָּר֑וּצָה הֱבִיאַ֨נִי הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ חֲדָרָ֗יו נָגִ֤ילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה֙ בָּ֔ךְ נַזְכִּ֤ירָה דֹדֶ֙יךָ֙ מִיַּ֔יִן מֵישָׁרִ֖ים אֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ {פ}<br />
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<br><b>The Bible (The Old Testament)</b> (14th - 2nd C BC) Judeo-Christian sacred scripture [Tanakh, Hebrew Bible], incl. the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonicals) <br>Book 22. <i>Song of Songs (of Solomon; Canticles)</i>  1: 2ff (Song (Cant) 1:2-4) [RJPS (2023 ed.)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Song_of_Songs.1.2-4?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en#:~:text=%D7%99%D6%B4%D7%A9%D7%81%D6%BC%D6%B8%D7%A7%D6%B5%D6%99%D7%A0%D6%B4%D7%99%D6%99%20%D7%9E%D6%B4%D7%A0%D6%BC%D6%B0%D7%A9%D7%81%D6%B4%D7%99%D7%A7%D6%A3%D7%95%D6%B9%D7%AA%20%D7%A4%D6%BC%D6%B4%D6%94%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D6%BC%20%D7%9B%D6%BC%D6%B4%D6%BD%D7%99%D6%BE%D7%98%D7%95%D6%B9%D7%91%D6%B4%D6%A5%D7%99%D7%9D,they%20love%20you!" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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This passage is usually identified a the Woman/Beloved's text.<br><br>

(<a href="https://www.sefaria.org/Song_of_Songs.1.2-4?lang=bi&with=all&lang2=en#:~:text=%D7%99%D6%B4%D7%A9%D7%81%D6%BC%D6%B8%D7%A7%D6%B5%D6%99%D7%A0%D6%B4%D7%99%D6%99%20%D7%9E%D6%B4%D7%A0%D6%BC%D6%B0%D7%A9%D7%81%D6%B4%D7%99%D7%A7%D6%A3%D7%95%D6%B9%D7%AA%20%D7%A4%D6%BC%D6%B4%D6%94%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D6%BC%20%D7%9B%D6%BC%D6%B4%D6%BD%D7%99%D6%BE%D7%98%D7%95%D6%B9%D7%91%D6%B4%D6%A5%D7%99%D7%9D,they%20love%20you!">Source (Hebrew)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:<br>
<span class="tab">for thy love is better than wine.<br>
Because of the savour of thy good ointments<br>
<span class="tab">thy name is as ointment poured forth,<br>
<span class="tab">therefore do the virgins love thee.<br>
Draw me, we will run after thee:<br>
<span class="tab">the king hath brought me into his chambers:<br>
<span class="tab">we will be glad and rejoice in thee,<br>
<span class="tab">we will remember thy love more than wine:<br>
<span class="tab">the upright love thee.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=song%20of%20songs%201%3A2-4&version=AKJV">KJV</a> (1611)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. Your love is more delightful than wine; delicate is the fragrance of your perfume, your name is an oil poured out, and that is why the maidens love you.<br>
<span class="tab">Draw me in your footsteps, let us run. The King has brought me into his rooms; you will be our joy and our gladness. We shall praise your love above wine; how right it is to love you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.seraphim.my/bible/jb/JB-OT26%20SONG.htm#:~:text=1%3A2%20Let,to%20love%20you.">JB</a> (1966)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab">Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love-making is sweeter than wine; delicate is the fragrance of your perfume, your name is an oil poured out, and that is why girls love you.<br>
<span class="tab">Draw me in your footsteps, let us run. The king has brought me into his rooms; you will be our joy and our gladness. We shall praise your love more than wine; how right it is to love you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.bibliacatolica.com.br/en/new-jerusalem-bible/song-of-solomon/1/#:~:text=2.,to%20love%20you.">NJB</a> (1985)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Your lips cover me with kisses;<br>
<span class="tab">your love is better than wine.<br>
There is a fragrance about you;<br>
<span class="tab">the sound of your name recalls it.<br>
<span class="tab">No woman could keep from loving you.<br>
Take me with you, and we'll run away;<br>
<span class="tab">be my king and take me to your room.<br>
We will be happy together,<br>
<span class="tab">drink deep, and lose ourselves in love.<br>
<span class="tab">No wonder all women love you!<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=song%20of%20songs%201%3A2-4&version=GNT">GNT</a> (1992 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>If only he would give me some of his kisses ...<br>
Oh, your loving is sweeter than wine!<br>
Your fragrance is sweet;<br>
<span class="tab">your very name is perfume.<br>
<span class="tab">That’s why the young women love you.<br>
Take me along with you; let’s run!<br>
My king has brought me into his chambers, saying,<br>
“Let’s exult and rejoice in you.<br>
Let’s savor your loving more than wine.<br>
<span class="tab">No wonder they all love you!”<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=song%20of%20songs%201%3A2-4&version=CEB">CEB</a> (2011)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!<br>
For your love is better than wine;<br>
<span class="tab">your anointing oils are fragrant;<br>
your name is perfume poured out;<br>
<span class="tab">therefore the maidens love you.<br>
Draw me after you; let us make haste.<br>
<span class="tab">The king has brought me into his chambers.<br>
We will exult and rejoice in you;<br>
<span class="tab">we will extol your love more than wine;<br>
<span class="tab">rightly do they love you.<br>
[<a href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=song%20of%20songs%201%3A2-4&version=NRSVUE">NRSV</a> (2021 ed.)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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