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As soon as I left them, I found him.
I held him and wouldn't let him go
    until I took him to my mother's house,
    to the room where I was born.

Promise me, women of Jerusalem;
    swear by the swift deer and the gazelles
    that you will not interrupt our love.

The Third Song

The Woman

What is this coming from the desert like a column of smoke,
    fragrant with incense and myrrh,
    the incense sold by the traders?

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