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I will hasten to those hills
sprinkled with sweet perfume
    and stay there till sunrise.
My darling, you are lovely
    in every way.
My bride, together
    we will leave Lebanon!
We will say goodbye
to the peaks of Mount Amana,
    Senir, and Hermon,
where lions and leopards
    live in the caves.

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Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,(A)
I will go to the mountain of myrrh(B)
    and to the hill of incense.
You are altogether beautiful,(C) my darling;
    there is no flaw(D) in you.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,(E)
    come with me from Lebanon.
Descend from the crest of Amana,
    from the top of Senir,(F) the summit of Hermon,(G)
from the lions’ dens
    and the mountain haunts of leopards.

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