Song of Solomon 6

Young Women

6Where has your love gone,

most beautiful of women?

Which way has he^H turned?

We will seek him with you.

Woman

²My love has gone down to his garden,^u

to beds of spice,^v

to feed in the gardens^w

and gather lilies.^x

³I am my love’s and my love is mine;^y

he feeds among the lilies.

Man

⁴You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,

lovely as Jerusalem,

awe-inspiring as an army with banners.^z

⁵Turn your eyes away from me,

for they captivate me.^aa

Your hair is like a flock of goats

streaming down from Gilead.^ab

⁶Your teeth are like a flock of ewes

coming up from washing,

each one having a twin,

and not one missing.^Iac

⁷Behind your veil,^ad

your brow^J is like a slice of pomegranate.

⁸There are sixty queens

and eighty concubines^ae

and young women without number.

⁹But 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:

¹⁰Who is this^d who shines like the dawn,

as beautiful as the moon,

bright as the sun,

awe-inspiring as an army with banners?^e

Woman

¹¹I came down to the walnut grove

to see the blossoms of the valley,

to see if the vines were budding^f

and the pomegranates blooming.

¹²I didn’t know what was happening to me.

I felt like I was

in a chariot with a nobleman.^A

Young Women

¹³Come back, come back, Shulammite!^B

Come back, come back, that we may look at you!

Man

How you gaze at the Shulammite,

as you look at the dance^g of the two camps!^Ch