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14 nard, saffron,[a] calamus,[b] and cinnamon.[c]

Your limbs are like a garden
    filled with trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloe.
15 You are like a garden fountain—
    a well of fresh water—
    flowing down from the mountains of Lebanon.

She Speaks

16 Wake up, north wind.
    Come, south wind.
Blow on my garden.
    Spread its sweet smell.
Let my lover enter his garden
    and eat its pleasant fruit.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 4:14 saffron A kind of yellow flower used in making perfume.
  2. Song of Solomon 4:14 calamus A kind of reed plant used in making perfume.
  3. Song of Solomon 4:14 cinnamon A kind of plant used as a spice and in making perfume.

14     nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,(A)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh(B) and aloes(C)
    and all the finest spices.(D)
15 You are[a] a garden(E) fountain,(F)
    a well of flowing water
    streaming down from Lebanon.

She

16 Awake, north wind,
    and come, south wind!
Blow on my garden,(G)
    that its fragrance(H) may spread everywhere.
Let my beloved(I) come into his garden
    and taste its choice fruits.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 4:15 Or I am (spoken by She)