Song of Solomon 6:1–13
6 Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has heK turned?
We will seek him with you.
2 My love has gone down to his garden,u
to beds of spice,v
to feed in the gardensw
and gather lilies.x
3 I am my love’s and my love is mine;y
he feeds among the lilies.
4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.z
5 Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.aa
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.ab
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
7 Behind your veil,ad
your browM is like a slice of pomegranate.
and eighty concubinesae
and young women* without number.
9 But my dove,a my virtuous one, is unique;b
she is the favorite of her mother,
perfect to the one who gave her birth.
Women see her and declare her fortunate;c
queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:
10 Who is thisd who shines like the dawn,
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?e
11 I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were buddingf
and the pomegranates blooming.
12 I didn’t know what was happening to me.
I felt like I was
in a chariot with a nobleman.B
13 Come back, come back, Shulammite!C
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!
Man
How you gaze at the Shulammite,