I SLEPT BUT MY HEART WAS AWOKE. LISTEN! MY LOVER IS KNOCKING: "OPEN TO ME, MY BROTHER, MY DARLING, MY DOVE, MY FLAWLESS ONE. MY HEAD IS DRENCHED WITH DEW, MY HAIR WITH THE DAMPNESS OF THE NIGHT." I HAVE TAKEN OFF MY ROBE--MUST I PUT IT ON AGAIN? I HAVE WASHED MY FEET--MUST I SOIL THEM AGAIN? MY LOVER THRUST HIS HAND THROUGH THE LATCH-OPENING; MY HEART BEGAN TO POUND FOR HIM. I AROSE TO OPEN FOR MY LOVER, AND MY HANDS DRIPPED WITH MYRRH, MY FINGERS WITH FLOWING MYRRH, ON THE HANDLES OF THE LOCK.