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| [1]Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. |
[1]Whyther is thy loue gone then O thou fairest among women? whyther is thy loue departed, and we wyll seke hym with thee |
| [2]My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. |
[2]My loue is gone downe into his garden vnto the sweete smellyng beddes, that he may refreshe hym selfe in the garden, & gather lilies |
| [3]I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. |
[3]My loue is myne, and I am his, which feedeth among the lilies |
| [4]Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. |
[4]Thou are beautifull O my loue as is [the place] Thirza, thou art faire as Hierusalem, fearefull as an armie of men with their banners |
| [5]Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. |
[5]Turne away thine eyes from me, for they haue set me on fire: Thy heery lockes are lyke a flocke of goates shorne vpon the mount of Gilead |
| [6]Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. |
[6]Thy teeth are lyke a flocke of shorne sheepe which go out of the wasshyng place, where euery one beareth twinnes, and not one vnfruitfull among them |
| [7]As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. |
[7]Thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thy lockes of heere |
| [8]There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. |
[8]There are threescore queenes, fourescore wiues, and damselles without number |
| [9]My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. |
[9]One is my doue, one is my dearlyng: She is the only beloued of her mother, and deare vnto her that bare her: When the daughters sawe her, they sayde she was blessed, yea the queenes & wiues praysed her |
| [10]Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? |
[10]What is she this that loketh foorth as the mornyng, faire as the moone, cleare as the sunne, and fearfull as an armie of men with their banners |
| [11]I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded. |
[11]I went downe into the nut garden to see what grewe by the brookes, and to loke yf the vineyarde florished, or yf the pomegranates were not foorth |
| [12]Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. |
[12]I knewe not that my soule had made me the charyot of the people that be vnder tribute |
| [13]Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. |
[13]Turne agayne turne agayne O thou perfect one, turne agayne turne agayne and we wyll loke vpon thee: What will ye see in the Sulamite? She is lyke men of warre singing in a companie |