[1]
I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. yea...: or, and be drunken with loves
[2]
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying , Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
[3]
I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
[4]
My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door , and my bowels were moved for him. for him: or, (as some read) in me
[5]
I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. sweet...: Heb. passing, or, running about
[6]
I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
[7]
The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
[8]
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. that ye: Heb. what, etc
[9]
What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
[10]
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. the chiefest: Heb. a standard-bearer
[11]
His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. bushy: or, curled
[12]
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. fitly...: Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring
[13]
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. sweet flowers: or, towers of perfumes
[14]
His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
[15]
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
[16]
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. mouth: Heb. palate

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