1 | Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him 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. |
3 | I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine: he feedeth among the lilies. |
4 | Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as [an army] with 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. |
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. |
7 | As a piece of a pomegranate [are] thy temples within thy locks. |
8 | There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins 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. |
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? |
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. |
12 | Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib. |
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. |