that lusty ol'bible
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phineasjoneshome from work and ready to crawl into bed. again, still, so tired.
i spent a little QT with the bible this morning while looking up a translation for a piece for sunday. it's from the song of songs. and, oh my goodness, i knew it was lovely but it's been a while. it's so incredibly gorgeous i got all weepy reading it.
like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my beloved among young men.
to sit in his shadow is my delight,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
he has taken me into the wine-garden and given me loving glances
sustain me with raisins, revive me with apples;
for i am faint with love.
his left arm pillows my head, his right arm is round me.
My beloved speaks and says to me:
"Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away;
for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
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."
Your lips distill nectar, my bride;
honey and milk are under your tongue;
the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon
when my beloved slipped his hand through the latch-hole,
my heart turned over.
when i arose to open for my beloved,
my hands dripped with myrrh;
the liquid myrrh ran from my fingers
ran over the handle of the latch.
i opened to my love...
wear me as a seal over you heart
as a seal upon your arm
for love is strong as death
passion cruel as the grave
it blazes up like a blazing fire
fiercer than any flame
many waters cannot quench love,
no flood can sweep it away.
if anyone would offer
all his wealth for love,
he would be laughed to scorn.
i spent a little QT with the bible this morning while looking up a translation for a piece for sunday. it's from the song of songs. and, oh my goodness, i knew it was lovely but it's been a while. it's so incredibly gorgeous i got all weepy reading it.
like an apple tree among the trees of the forest,
so is my beloved among young men.
to sit in his shadow is my delight,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
he has taken me into the wine-garden and given me loving glances
sustain me with raisins, revive me with apples;
for i am faint with love.
his left arm pillows my head, his right arm is round me.
My beloved speaks and says to me:
"Arise, my love, my fair one,
and come away;
for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
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."
Your lips distill nectar, my bride;
honey and milk are under your tongue;
the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon
when my beloved slipped his hand through the latch-hole,
my heart turned over.
when i arose to open for my beloved,
my hands dripped with myrrh;
the liquid myrrh ran from my fingers
ran over the handle of the latch.
i opened to my love...
wear me as a seal over you heart
as a seal upon your arm
for love is strong as death
passion cruel as the grave
it blazes up like a blazing fire
fiercer than any flame
many waters cannot quench love,
no flood can sweep it away.
if anyone would offer
all his wealth for love,
he would be laughed to scorn.
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dude
Date: 2003-05-09 01:55 pm (UTC)when my beloved slipped his hand through the latch-hole,
my heart turned over.
when i arose to open for my beloved,
my hands dripped with myrrh;
the liquid myrrh ran from my fingers
ran over the handle of the latch.
i opened to my love...
THAT'S JUST PORN!!!
heehee...
Re: dude
Date: 2003-05-09 02:58 pm (UTC)...i really wish i was kidding.
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Date: 2003-05-10 10:26 am (UTC)There's a really beautiful song in Hebrew to the "Arise my love, my fair one" verse.
Re:
Date: 2003-05-14 05:36 am (UTC)we had a church service where sex was the theme - two people read from this together - alternating. it got pretty steamy in the sanctuary.
i know a couple of 'arise' settings that i adore. i don't think i know one in hebrew though.
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Date: 2003-05-18 01:20 am (UTC)