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O quam pulchra es, amica mea,
columba mea, speciosa mea!
Favus distillans labia tua sponsa
mel et lac sub lingua tua
et odor vestimentorum tuorum sicut odor turis.
Vulnerasti cor meum, soror mea, sponsa,
vulnerasti cor meum in uno oculorum tuorum
et in uno crine colli tui.
Surge amica mea, columba mea,
formosa mea, immaculata mea.
English translation
How beautiful you are, my lover,
my dove, my gorgeous!
Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride,
milk and honey are under your tongue,
the fragrance of your garments is like that of Lebanon.
You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;
you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.
Rise, my lover, my dove,
my beauty, my immaculate one.