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My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away;
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for lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
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The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
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The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)