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| [1]'Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, that we may seek him with thee?' |
[1]My kinsman is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spice, to feed his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies. |
| [2]'My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. |
[2]I am my kinsman's, and my kinsman is mine, who feeds among the lilies. |
| [3]I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, that feedeth among the lilies.' |
[3]Thou art fair, my companion, as Pleasure, beautiful as Jerusalem, terrible as armies set in array. |
| [4]Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. |
[4]Turn away thine eyes from before me, for they have ravished me: thy hair is as flocks of goats which have appeared from Galaad. |
| [5]Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from Gilead. |
[5]Thy teeth are as flocks of shorn sheep, that have gone up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and there is none barren among them: thy lips are as a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely. |
| [6]Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes, which are come up from the washing; whereof all are paired, and none faileth among them. |
[6]Thy cheek is like the rind of a pomegranate, being seen without thy veil. |
| [7]Thy temples are like pomegranate split open behind thy veil. |
[7]There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and maidens without number. |
| [8]There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number. |
[8]My dove, my perfect one is one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and the queens will pronounce her blessed, yea, and the concubines, and they will praise her. |
| [9]My dove, my undefiled, is but one; she is the only one of her mother; she is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her happy; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. |
[9]Who is this that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, choice as the sun, terrible as armies set in array? |
| [10]Who is she that looketh forth as the dawn, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, terrible as an army with banners? |
[10]I went down to the garden of nuts, to look at the fruits of the valley, to see if the vine flowered, if the pomegranates blossomed. |
| [11]I went down into the garden of nuts, to look at the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower. |
[11]There I will give thee my breasts: my soul knew it not: it made me as the chariots of Aminadab. |
| [12]Before I was aware, my soul set me upon the chariots of my princely people. |
[12]Return, return, O Sunamite; return, return, and we will look at thee. What will ye see in the Sunamite? She comes as bands of armies. |