My beloved spake

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Source of text: Song of Solomon 2:10-13,16a See Dilectus meus loquitur mihi for settings of the text in Latin (Vulgate).

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10  My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11  For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12  The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
13  The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Variant 1

16a  My beloved is mine, and I am His:

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