Song Of Solomon 4

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Verse 1

“How fair and beautiful you are, my darling,
How very beautiful!
Your eyes behind your veil are like those of a dove;
Your hair is like [the shimmering black fleece of] a flock of [Arabian] goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan].

You are beautiful, my darling,
    beautiful beyond words.
Your eyes are like doves
    behind your veil.
Your hair falls in waves,
    like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.

Verse 2

“Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes
Which have come up from washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has lost her young.

Your teeth are as white as sheep,
recently shorn and freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
each tooth matched with its twin.^[a]

Verse 3

“Your lips are like a ribbon of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
Your temples are like a slice of the pomegranate
Behind your veil.

Your lips are like scarlet ribbon;
your mouth is inviting.
Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates
behind your veil.

Verse 4

“Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built with rows of [glistening] stones,
Whereon hang a thousand shields,
All of them shields of warriors.

Your neck is as beautiful as the tower of David,
jeweled with the shields of a thousand heroes.

Verse 5

“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which feed among the lilies.

Your breasts are like two fawns,
twin fawns of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

Verse 6

“Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
[In my thoughts] I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.

Before the dawn breezes blow
and the night shadows flee,
I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh
and to the hill of frankincense.

Verse 7

“O my love, you are altogether beautiful and fair.
There is no flaw nor blemish in you!

You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
beautiful in every way.

Verse 8

“Come away with me from Lebanon, my [promised] bride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
Journey down from the top of Amana,
From the summit of Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.

Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
    come with me from Lebanon.
Come down^[b] from Mount Amana,
    from the peaks of Senir and Hermon,
where the lions have their dens
    and leopards live among the hills.

Verse 9

“You have ravished my heart and given me courage, my sister, my [promised] bride;
You have ravished my heart and given me courage with a single glance of your eyes,
With one jewel of your necklace.

You have captured my heart,
my treasure,^[c] my bride.
You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes,
with a single jewel of your necklace.

Verse 10

“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my [promised] bride!
How much better is your love than wine,
And the fragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of balsam and spices.

Your love delights me,
my treasure, my bride.
Your love is better than wine,
your perfume more fragrant than spices.

Verse 11

“Your lips, my [promised] bride, drip honey [as the honeycomb];
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride.
Honey and milk are under your tongue.
Your clothes are scented
like the cedars of Lebanon.

Verse 12

“A garden enclosed is my sister, my [promised] bride—
A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up.

You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride,
a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.

Verse 13

“Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates,
[A paradise] with precious fruits, henna with fragrant plants,

Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates
with rare spices—
henna with nard,

Verse 14

Fragrant plants and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
With all trees of frankincense,
Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices.

    nard and saffron,
    fragrant calamus and cinnamon,
with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes,
    and every other lovely spice.

Verse 15

“You are a fountain in a garden,
A well of fresh and living water,
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”

(The Shulammite Bride)

You are a garden fountain,
a well of fresh water
streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains.

Young Woman

Verse 16

“Awake, O north wind,
And come, south wind [blow softly upon my garden];
Make my garden breathe out fragrance, [for the one in whom my soul delights],
Let its spices flow forth.
Let my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choicest fruits.”

Awake, north wind!
    Rise up, south wind!
Blow on my garden
    and spread its fragrance all around.
Come into your garden, my love;
    taste its finest fruits.