Tota pulchra es, amica mea

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Latin text

Tota pulchra es, amica mea, et macula non est in te;

favus distillans labia tua; mel et lac sub lingua tua;

odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata:

jam enim hiems transiit, imber abiit et recessit.

Flores apparuerunt; vineae florentes odorem dederunt,

et vox turturis audita est in terra nostra:

surge, propera, amica mea: veni de Libano, veni, coronaberis.

English translation

Thou art wholly fair, my love, nor is there any stain in thee;

thy lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under thy tongue;

the scent of thy perfumes is beyond all spices;

for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.

The flowers have appeared; the flourishing vineyards have given forth their fragrance

and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.

Arise, my love, my fair one: come from Lebanon, come, thou shalt be crowned.

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