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(The Shulammite Bride)


“I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
A voice [in my dream]! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with the [heavy night] dew;
My hair [is covered] with the dampness of the night.’(A)

“I had taken off my dress,
How can I put it on again?
I had washed my feet,
How could I get them dirty again?(B)

“My beloved extended his hand through the opening [of the door],
And my feelings were aroused for him.

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