13 Your shoots are (A)an orchard of pomegranates
    with all (B)choicest fruits,
    (C)henna with (D)nard,
14 nard and saffron, (E)calamus and (F)cinnamon,
    with all trees of (G)frankincense,
(H)myrrh and (I)aloes,
    with all (J)choice spices—
15 a garden fountain, a well of (K)living water,
    and flowing streams from (L)Lebanon.

16 Awake, O north wind,
    and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my (M)garden,
    let its spices flow.

Together in the Garden of Love

She

(N)Let my beloved come to his (O)garden,
    and eat its (P)choicest fruits.

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13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates(A)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna(B) and nard,
14     nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,(C)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh(D) and aloes(E)
    and all the finest spices.(F)
15 You are[a] a garden(G) fountain,(H)
    a well of flowing water
    streaming down from Lebanon.

She

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

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Footnotes

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

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

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