Catholic Public Domain Version
"Bride: I sleep, yet my heart watches. The voice of my beloved knocking: "
— Song Of Solomon 5:3, Catholic Public Domain Version
“I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?”
“I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? ”
“I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?”
“The Beloved to Her Lover:“I have already taken off my robe– must I put it on again? I have already washed my feet– must I soil them again?””
“I have put off my garment, how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?”
“I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?”
“I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?”
Bride: May my beloved enter into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees.
Groom to Bride: I have arrived in my garden, O my sister, my spouse. I have harvested my myrrh, with my aromatic oils. I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, O most beloved.
Bride: I sleep, yet my heart watches. The voice of my beloved knocking:
Groom to Bride: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my immaculate one. For my head is full of dew, and the locks of my hair are full of the drops of the night.
Bride: I have taken off my tunic; how shall I be clothed in it? I have washed my feet; how shall I spoil them?
My beloved put his hand through the window, and my inner self was moved by his touch.