5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.

Your hair is like royal tapestry;

the king is held captive by its tresses.

5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel,

And the hair of thine head like purple;

The king is held in the galleries.

5 Your head is as majestic as Mount Carmel,

and the sheen of your hair radiates royalty.

The king is held captive by its tresses.

5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,

And the hair of your head is like purple;

A king is held captive by your tresses.

5 Your head is like Mount Carmel,

and your hair is like purple cloth;

the king is captured in its folds.

5 Thy head upon thee is like Carmel,

And the hair of thy head like purple;

The king is held captive in the tresses thereof.

5 Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the locks of thy head like purple; The king is fettered by thy ringlets!

5 You hold your head as high as Mount Carmel. 

Your dangling curls are royal beauty. 

Your flowing locks could hold a king captive. 

5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,

the hair of your head like purple cloth—

a king could be held captive in your tresses.

5 Your head crowns you like Carmel,

and your flowing locks are like purple;

a king is held captive in the tresses.

5 Your head crowns you like Carmel;

the flowing locks of your head are like purple tapestry;

a king is held captive in the tresses!

5 Your head is like a crown on you.

It is as beautiful as Mount Carmel.

Your hair is as smooth as purple silk.

I am captured by your flowing curls.

5 “Your head crowns you like Carmel,

And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads;

The king is captivated by your tresses.