" 1I have acome into my garden
, bmy sister
, my bride
; I have gathered
my cmyrrh
along
with my balsam
. I have eaten
my honeycomb
2and my dhoney
; I have edrunk
my wine
2and my milk
. Eat
, ffriends
; Drink
and 3imbibe
deeply
, O lovers
."
" 1I was asleep but my heart
was awake
. A voice
! My beloved
was knocking
: `Open
to me, amy sister
, my darling
, bMy dove
, my perfect
one
! For my head
is 2drenched
with dew
, My clocks
with the 3damp
of the night
.'
"I have ataken off
my dress
, How
can I put
it on again? I have bwashed
my feet
, How
can I dirty
them again?
"My beloved extended
his hand
through
the opening
, And my 1 afeelings
were aroused
for him.
"I arose to open
to my beloved
; And my hands
adripped
with myrrh
, And my fingers
with 1liquid
myrrh
, On the handles
of the bolt
.
"I opened to my beloved
, But my beloved
had aturned
away
and had gone
! My 1heart
went
out to him as he bspoke
. I csearched
for him but I did not find
him; I dcalled
him but he did not answer
me.
"The awatchmen who make
the rounds
in the city
found
me, They struck
me and wounded
me; The guardsmen
of the walls
took
away my shawl
from me.
"I aadjure you, O daughters
of Jerusalem
, If
you find
my beloved
, As to what
you will tell
him: For bI am lovesick
."
" 1\, 2What kind of beloved
is your beloved
, O amost beautiful
among women
? 2What
kind of beloved
is your beloved
, That thus
you adjure
us?"
" 1My beloved is dazzling
and aruddy
, 2 bOutstanding
among
ten
thousand
.
"His head is like gold
, pure
gold
; His alocks
are like clusters
of dates
And black
as a raven
.
"His aeyes are like doves
Beside
streams
of water
, Bathed
in milk
, And 1reposed
in their bsetting
.
"His cheeks are like a abed
of balsam
, Banks
of sweet-scented
herbs
; His lips
are blilies
cDripping
with liquid
myrrh
.
"His hands are rods
of gold
Set
with aberyl
; His abdomen
is carved
ivory
Inlaid
with 1 bsapphires
.
"His legs are pillars
of alabaster
Set
on pedestals
of pure
gold
; His appearance
is like aLebanon
Choice
as the bcedars
.
"His 1 amouth is full of sweetness
. And he is wholly
bdesirable
. This
is my beloved
and this
is my friend
, O daughters
of Jerusalem
."