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Solomon Praises the Beauty of His Bride

¹ "^(F1)Behold, you are beautiful, ^(C1)my darling,
Behold, you are beautiful!
Your ^(C2)eyes are like doves ^(C3)behind your veil;
Your ^(C4)hair is like a flock of goats
That have leapt down from Mount ^(C5)Gilead.

² "Your ^(C1)teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has ^(F1)lost her young.

³ "Your lips are like a ^(C1)scarlet thread,
And your ^(C2)mouth is lovely.
Your ^(C3)temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.

⁴ "Your ^(C1)neck is like the tower of David,
Built ^(F1)with rows of stones
On which are ^(C2)hung one thousand shields,
All the small ^(C3)shields of the mighty men.

⁵ "Your ^(C1)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which ^(F1)(C2)feed among the lilies.

⁶ "^(C1)Until the day breathes
And the shadows flee,
I will go my way to the mountain of ^(C2)myrrh
And to the hill of ^(C2)frankincense.

⁷ "^(C1)You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And there is no blemish in you.

⁸ "Come with me from ^(C1)Lebanon, my ^(C2)bride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
^(F1)Journey down from the top of ^(C3)Amana,
From the top of ^(C4)Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.

⁹ "You have made my heart beat faster, ^(C1)my sister, my bride;
You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes,
With a single strand of your ^(C2)necklace.

¹⁰ "^(C1)How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much ^(C2)better is your love than wine,
And the ^(C3)fragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of ^(F1)spices!

¹¹ "Your lips, my bride, ^(C1)drip ^(C2)honey from the comb;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the ^(C3)fragrance of Lebanon.

¹² "A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A ^(F1)rock garden locked, a ^(C1)spring ^(C2)sealed up.

¹³ "Your shoots are ^(F1)an ^(C1)orchard of ^(C2)pomegranates
With ^(C3)choice fruits, ^(C4)henna with nard plants,

^14 (C1)Nard and saffron, calamus and ^(C2)cinnamon,
With all the trees of ^(C3)frankincense,
^(C4)Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest ^(F1)spices.

¹⁵ "You are a garden spring,
A well of ^(F1)(C1)fresh water,
And streams flowing from Lebanon."

¹⁶ "^(F1)Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my ^(C1)garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its ^(F2)spices flow forth.
May ^(C2)my beloved come into his garden
And eat its ^(C3)choice fruits!"