{"id":1212,"date":"2020-01-26T01:46:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T01:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2020-01-26T01:46:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T01:46:10","slug":"bring-me-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/26\/bring-me-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring me home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A poem in my mystery language 1\/26\/2020 translated to English:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/poem-January-26-2020-1024x951.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1213\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Song of Solomon 2\u00a0<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Country Girl in a Palace<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2&nbsp;<\/strong>I&nbsp;<em>am<\/em>&nbsp;the rose of Sharon,<br><em>And<\/em>&nbsp;the lily of the valleys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Beloved<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>Like a lily among thorns,<br>So is my love among the daughters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Shulamite<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods,<br>So&nbsp;<em>is<\/em>&nbsp;my beloved among the sons.<br>I sat down in his shade with great delight,<br>And&nbsp;his fruit&nbsp;<em>was<\/em>&nbsp;sweet to my taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Shulamite to the Daughters of Jerusalem<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>4\u00a0<\/sup>He brought me to the\u00a0banqueting house,<br>And his banner over me\u00a0<em>was<\/em>\u00a0love.<br><sup>5\u00a0<\/sup>Sustain me with cakes of raisins,<br>Refresh me with apples,<br>For I\u00a0<em>am<\/em>\u00a0lovesick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>6\u00a0<\/sup>His left hand\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0under my head,<br>And his right hand embraces me.<br><sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>I\u00a0charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,<br>By the gazelles or by the does of the field,<br>Do not stir up nor awaken love<br>Until it pleases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Beloved\u2019s Request<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Shulamite<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>The voice of my beloved!<br>Behold, he comes<br>Leaping upon the mountains,<br>Skipping upon the hills.<br><sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.<br>Behold, he stands behind our wall;<br>He is looking through the windows,<br>Gazing through the lattice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>My beloved spoke, and said to me:<br>\u201cRise up, my love, my fair one,<br>And come away.<br><sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>For lo, the winter is past,<br>The rain is over&nbsp;<em>and<\/em>&nbsp;gone.<br><sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>The flowers appear on the earth;<br>The time of singing has come,<br>And the voice of the turtledove<br>Is heard in our land.<br><sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>The fig tree puts forth her green figs,<br>And the vines&nbsp;<em>with<\/em>&nbsp;the tender grapes<br>Give a&nbsp;<em>good<\/em>&nbsp;smell.<br>Rise up, my love, my fair one,<br>And come away!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>14\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cO my\u00a0dove, in the clefts of the rock,<br>In the secret\u00a0<em>places<\/em>\u00a0of the cliff,<br>Let me see your\u00a0face,<br>Let me hear your voice;<br>For your voice\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0sweet,<br>And your face\u00a0<em>is<\/em>\u00a0lovely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Her Brothers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>15&nbsp;<\/sup>Catch us&nbsp;the foxes,<br>The little foxes that spoil the vines,<br>For our vines&nbsp;<em>have<\/em>&nbsp;tender grapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Shulamite<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>My beloved&nbsp;<em>is<\/em>&nbsp;mine, and I&nbsp;<em>am<\/em>&nbsp;his.<br>He feeds&nbsp;<em>his flock<\/em>&nbsp;among the lilies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">(To Her Beloved)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>Until the day breaks<br>And the shadows flee away,<br>Turn, my beloved,<br>And be\u00a0like a gazelle<br>Or a young stag<br>Upon the mountains of\u00a0Bether.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem in my mystery language 1\/26\/2020 translated to English: Song of Solomon 2\u00a0 A Country Girl in a Palace 2&nbsp;I&nbsp;am&nbsp;the rose of Sharon,And&nbsp;the lily of the valleys. 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