" 1 aWhere has your beloved
gone
, O bmost beautiful
among women
? Where
has your beloved
turned
, That we may seek
him with you?"
" 1My beloved has gone
down
to his agarden
, To the bbeds
of balsam
, To cpasture
his flock in the gardens
And gather
dlilies
.
" aI am my beloved's and my beloved
is mine, He who bpastures
his flock among the lilies
."
" 1 aYou are as beautiful as bTirzah
, my darling
, As clovely
as dJerusalem
, As eawesome
as 2an army
with banners
.
"Turn your eyes
away
from me, For they have confused
me; aYour hair
is like a flock
of goats
That have descended
from Gilead
.
" aYour teeth are like a flock
of ewes
Which
have come
up from their washing
, All
of which
bear
twins
, And not one
among them has 1lost
her young
.
" aYour temples are like a slice
of a pomegranate
Behind
your veil
.
"There are sixty
aqueens
and eighty
concubines
, And 1 bmaidens
without
number
;
But amy dove, my perfect
one
, is 1unique
: She is her mother's
1only
daughter; She is the pure
child of the one who bore
her. The 2 bmaidens
saw
her and called
her blessed
, The cqueens
and the concubines
also, and they praised
her, saying,
`Who is this
that 1grows
like
the dawn
, As beautiful
as the full
amoon
, As pure
bas the sun
, As cawesome
as 2an army
with banners
?'
"I went down
to the orchard
of nut
trees
To see
the blossoms
of the valley
, To see
whether athe vine
had budded
Or the bpomegranates
had bloomed
.
"Before I was aware, my soul
set
me Over the chariots
of 1my noble
people
."
" 1\, 2Come back
, come
back
, O Shulammite
; Come
back
, come
back
, that we may gaze
at you!"
" 3Why should you gaze
at the Shulammite
, As at the adance
of 4 bthe two companies
?