1
I am come[H935] into my garden[H1588], my sister[H269], my spouse[H3618]: I have gathered[H717] my myrrh[H4753] with my spice[H1313]; I have eaten[H398] my honeycomb[H3293] with my honey[H1706]; I have drunk[H8354] my wine[H3196] with my milk[H2461]: eat[H398], O friends[H7453]; drink[H8354], yea, drink[H8354]abundantly[H7937], O beloved[H1730].
2
I sleep[H3463], but my heart[H3820]waketh[H5782]: it is the voice[H6963] of my beloved[H1730] that knocketh[H1849], saying, Open[H6605] to me, my sister[H269], my love[H7474], my dove[H3123], my undefiled[H8535]: for my head[H7218] is filled[H4390] with dew[H2919], and my locks[H6977] with the drops[H7447] of the night[H3915].
3
I have put off[H6584] my coat[H3801]; how[H349] shall I put it on?[H3847] I have washed[H7364] my feet[H7272]; how[H349] shall I defile[H2936] them?
4
My beloved[H1730] put in[H7971] his hand[H3027]by[H4480] the hole[H2356] of the door, and my bowels[H4578] were moved[H1993] for him.
5
I rose up[H6965] to open[H6605] to my beloved[H1730]; and my hands[H3027]dropped[H5197] with myrrh[H4753], and my fingers[H676] with sweet smelling[H5674]myrrh[H4753], upon the handles[H3709] of the lock[H4514].
6
I opened[H6605] to my beloved[H1730]; but my beloved[H1730] had withdrawn[H2559] himself, and was gone[H5674]: my soul[H5315]failed[H3318] when he spake[H1696]: I sought[H1245] him, but I could not find[H4672] him; I called[H7121] him, but he gave me no answer[H6030].
7
The watchmen[H8104] that went about[H5437] the city[H5892]found[H4672] me, they smote[H5221] me, they wounded[H6481] me; the keepers[H8104] of the walls[H2346] took away[H5375] my veil[H7289] from me.
8
I charge[H7650] you, O daughters[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389], if ye find[H4672] my beloved[H1730], that ye tell[H5046] him, that I am sick[H2470] of love[H160].
9
What is thy beloved[H1730] more than another beloved[H1730], O thou[H3602]fairest[H3303] among women?[H802] what is thy beloved[H1730] more than another beloved[H1730], that thou[H3602] dost so charge[H7650] us?
10
My beloved[H1730] is white[H6703] and ruddy[H122], the chiefest[H1713] among ten thousand[H7233].
11
His head[H7218] is as the most[H3800] fine gold[H6337], his locks[H6977] are bushy[H8534], and black[H7838] as a raven[H6158].
12
His eyes[H5869] are as the eyes[H5869] of doves[H3123] by the rivers[H650] of waters[H4325], washed[H7364] with milk[H2461], and fitly set[H3427].
13
His cheeks[H3895] are as a bed[H6170] of spices[H1314], as sweet[H4840]flowers[H4026]: his lips[H8193] like lilies[H7799], dropping[H5197]sweet[H4840]smelling[H5674]myrrh[H4753].
14
His hands[H3027] are as gold[H2091]rings[H1550]set[H4390] with the beryl[H8658]: his belly[H4578] is as bright[H6247]ivory[H8127]overlaid[H5968] with sapphires[H5601].
15
His legs[H7785] are as pillars[H5982] of marble[H8336], set[H3245] upon sockets[H134] of fine gold[H6337]: his countenance[H4758] is as Lebanon[H3844], excellent[H977] as the cedars[H730].
16
His mouth[H2441] is most sweet[H4477]: yea, he is altogether lovely[H4261]. This is my beloved[H1730], and this is my friend[H7453], O daughters[H1323] of Jerusalem[H3389].