1:4 Draw me 2 after you; let us hurry! 3
May the king 4 bring 5 me into his 6 bedroom chambers! 7
The Maidens 8 to the Lover:
We will 9 rejoice and delight in you; 10
we will praise 11 your love more than wine.
The Beloved to Her Lover:
How rightly 12 the young women 13 adore you!
31:3 In a far-off land the Lord will manifest himself to them.
He will say to them, ‘I have loved you with an everlasting love.
That is why I have continued to be faithful to you. 14
11:4 I led them with leather 15 cords,
with leather 16 ropes;
I lifted the yoke 17 from their neck, 18
and gently fed them. 19