Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty

HE

1Behold, you are beautiful, my love,

behold, you are beautiful!

Your eyes are doves

behind your veil.

Your hair is like a flock of goats

leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

2Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes

that have come up from the washing,

all of which bear twins,

and not one among them has lost its young.

3Your lips are like a scarlet thread,

and your mouth is lovely.

Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate

behind your veil.

4Your neck is like the tower of David,

built in rows of stone;4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

on it hang a thousand shields,

all of them shields of warriors.

5Your two breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle,

that graze among the lilies.

6Until the day breathes

and the shadows flee,

I will go away to the mountain of myrrh

and the hill of frankincense.

7You are altogether beautiful, my love;

there is no flaw in you.

8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride;

come with me from Lebanon.

Depart4:8 Or Look from the peak of Amana,

from the peak of Senir and Hermon,

from the dens of lions,

from the mountains of leopards.

9You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride;

you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,

with one jewel of your necklace.

10How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!

How much better is your love than wine,

and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

11Your lips drip nectar, my bride;

honey and milk are under your tongue;

the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

12A garden locked is my sister, my bride,

a spring locked, a fountain sealed.

13Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates

with all choicest fruits,

henna with nard,

14nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,

with all trees of frankincense,

myrrh and aloes,

with all choice spices—

15a garden fountain, a well of living water,

and flowing streams from Lebanon.

16Awake, O north wind,

and come, O south wind!

Blow upon my garden,

let its spices flow.

Together in the Garden of Love

SHE

Let my beloved come to his garden,

and eat its choicest fruits.