The young shepherd lover continues his delight in his lover by cmparing her to his own garden of delights, a garden locked so that only he and she will enjoy that garden:
\n12 \tA garden locked is my sister, my bride,
\na garden locked, a fountain sealed.
\n13 \tYour channel is an orchard of pomegranates
\nwith all choicest fruits,
\nhenna with nard,
\n14 \tnard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
\nwith all trees of frankincense,
\nmyrrh and aloes,
\nwith all chief spices\u2014
\n15 \ta garden fountain, a well of living water,
\nand flowing streams from Lebanon.
\nSo moved is she that she interrupts him with this invitation:
\n16 Awake, O north wind,
\nand come, O south wind!
\nBlow upon my garden
\nthat its fragrance may be wafted abroad.
\nLet my beloved come to his garden,
\nand eat its choicest fruits.
\nHe answers back:
\n5:1 I come to my garden, my sister, my bride;
\nI gather my myrrh with my spice,
\nI eat my honeycomb with my honey,
\nI drink my wine with my milk.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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