1
Whither is thy beloved[H1730]gone[H1980], O thou fairest[H3303] among women?[H802] whither is thy beloved[H1730] turned aside?[H6437] that we may seek[H1245] him with thee.
2
My beloved[H1730] is gone down[H3381] into his garden[H1588], to the beds[H6170] of spices[H1314], to feed[H7462] in the gardens[H1588], and to gather[H3950]lilies[H7799].
3
I am my beloved[H1730]'s, and my beloved[H1730] is mine: he feedeth[H7462] among the lilies[H7799].
4
Thou art beautiful[H3303], O my love[H7474], as Tirzah[H8656], comely[H5000] as Jerusalem[H3389], terrible[H366] as an army with banners[H1713].
5
Turn away[H5437] thine eyes[H5869] from me, for they[H1992] have overcome[H7292] me: thy hair[H8181] is as a flock[H5739] of goats[H5795] that appear[H1570] from Gilead[H1568].
6
Thy teeth[H8127] are as a flock[H5739] of sheep[H7353] which go up[H5927] from the washing[H7367], whereof every one beareth twins[H8382], and there is not one barren[H7909] among them.
7
As a piece[H6400] of a pomegranate[H7416] are thy temples[H7541]within[H1157] thy locks[H6777].
8
There are threescore[H8346]queens[H4436], and fourscore[H8084]concubines[H6370], and virgins[H5959] without number[H4557].
9
My dove[H3123], my undefiled[H8535] is but one[H259]; she is the only one[H259] of her mother[H517], she is the choice[H1249]one[H259] of her that bare[H3205] her. The daughters[H1323]saw[H7200] her, and blessed[H833] her; yea, the queens[H4436] and the concubines[H6370], and they praised[H1984] her.
10
Who is she that looketh forth[H8259] as the morning[H7837], fair[H3303] as the moon[H3842], clear[H1249] as the sun[H2535], and terrible[H366] as an army with banners?[H1713]
11
I went down[H3381] into the garden[H1594] of nuts[H93] to see[H7200] the fruits[H3] of the valley[H5158], and to see[H7200] whether the vine[H1612]flourished[H6524], and the pomegranates[H7416]budded[H5132].
12
Or ever I was aware[H3045], my soul[H5315]made[H7760] me like the chariots[H4818] of Amminadib[H5993].
13Return[H7725], return[H7725], O Shulamite[H7759]; return[H7725], return[H7725], that we may look[H2372] upon thee. What will ye see[H2372] in the Shulamite?[H7759] As it were the company[H4246] of two armies[H4264].