How beautiful you are, my love, how beautiful to me:
your eyes, a flight of pure delight, are wonderful to see;
your hair that flows in gentle slopes, your curls reflecting light;
your teeth that shine ‘tween lips so fine when smiles come into sight.
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Your cheeks, all four, which I adore, are flush with passion’s heat.
Your neck just right for one your height, adorned with gems replete.
Like fawns among the lilies are the breasts that I behold;
for as you breathe they move beneath some clothing meant to hold.
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Unto your fragrant mountain we will hasten in this chase,
and be swept off to lands abroad where we shall have our ways.
We’ll make a home where lions roamed and leopards lept and roared.
The peaks up there will come to bear the weight of our concord.
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Photo: by Miguel Bruna on Unsplash
Source: Song of Solomon 4:1-8
Text: David Alexander, 2021 CC BY-SA
Tune: Maria’s Lovesang, Public Domain
Score: https://www.smallchurchmusic.com/2018/Score/MySoulNowMagnifies-Marias-Chords.pdf
Audio:www.smallchurchmusic.com Used by Permission
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