I am come into my garden
, my sister
, my spouse
: I have gathered
my myrrh
with my spice
; I have eaten
my honeycomb
with my honey
; I have drunk
my wine
with my milk
: eat
, O friends
; drink
, yea, drink abundantly
, O beloved
.
I sleep, but my heart
waketh
: it is the voice
of my beloved
that knocketh
, saying , Open
to me, my sister
, my love
, my dove
, my undefiled
: for my head
is filled
with dew
, and my locks
with the drops
of the night
.
I have put off my coat
; how
shall I put it on
? I have washed
my feet
; how
shall I defile
them?
My beloved put in
his hand
by
the hole
of the door , and my bowels
were moved
for him.
I rose up to open
to my beloved
; and my hands
dropped
with myrrh
, and my fingers
with sweet smelling
myrrh
, upon the handles
of the lock
.
I opened to my beloved
; but my beloved
had withdrawn
himself, and was gone
: my soul
failed
when he spake
: I sought
him, but I could not find
him; I called
him, but he gave me no answer
.
The watchmen that went about
the city
found
me, they smote
me, they wounded
me; the keepers
of the walls
took away
my veil
from me.
I charge you, O daughters
of Jerusalem
, if ye find
my beloved
, that ye tell
him, that I am sick
of love
.
What is thy beloved more than another beloved
, O thou fairest
among women
? what is thy beloved
more than another beloved
, that thou
dost so charge
us?
My beloved is white
and ruddy
, the chiefest
among ten thousand
.
His head is as the most
fine gold
, his locks
are bushy
, and black
as a raven
.
His eyes are as the eyes of doves
by the rivers
of waters
, washed
with milk
, and fitly set
.
His cheeks are as a bed
of spices
, as sweet
flowers
: his lips
like lilies
, dropping
sweet smelling
myrrh
.
His hands are as gold
rings
set
with the beryl
: his belly
is as bright
ivory
overlaid
with sapphires
.
His legs are as pillars
of marble
, set
upon sockets
of fine gold
: his countenance
is as Lebanon
, excellent
as the cedars
.
His mouth is most sweet
: yea, he is altogether lovely
. This is my beloved
, and this is my friend
, O daughters
of Jerusalem
.