Song of Solomon 4

4Behold, ^ayou are fair, my love!

Behold, you are fair!

You have dove’s eyes behind your veil.

Your hair is like a ^bflock of goats,

Going down from Mount Gilead.

^2cYour teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep

Which have come up from the washing,

Every one of which bears twins,

And none is ¹barren among them.

³Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,

And your mouth is lovely.

^dYour temples behind your veil

Are like a piece of pomegranate.

^4eYour neck is like the tower of David,

Built ^ffor an armory,

On which hang a thousand ²bucklers,

All shields of mighty men.

^5gYour two breasts are like two fawns,

Twins of a gazelle,

Which feed among the lilies.

^6hUntil the day breaks

And the shadows flee away,

I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh

And to the hill of frankincense.

⁷ⁱYou are all fair, my love,

And there is no spot in you.

⁸Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse,

With me from Lebanon.

Look from the top of Amana,

From the top of Senir ^jand Hermon,

From the lions’ dens,

From the mountains of the leopards.

⁹You have ravished my heart,

My sister, my spouse;

You have ravished my heart

With one look of your eyes,

With one link of your necklace.

¹⁰How fair is your love,

My sister, my spouse!

^kHow much better than wine is your love,

And the ³scent of your perfumes

Than all spices!

¹¹Your lips, O my spouse,

Drip as the honeycomb;

^lHoney and milk are under your tongue;

And the fragrance of your garments

Is ^mlike the fragrance of Lebanon.

¹²A garden ⁴enclosed

Is my sister, my spouse,

A spring shut up,

A fountain sealed.

¹³Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates

With pleasant fruits,

Fragrant henna with spikenard,

¹⁴Spikenard and saffron,

Calamus and cinnamon,

With all trees of frankincense,

Myrrh and aloes,

With all the chief spices—

¹⁵A fountain of gardens,

A well of ⁿliving waters,

And streams from Lebanon.

¹⁶Awake, O north wind,

And come, O south!

Blow upon my garden,

That its spices may flow out.

^oLet my beloved come to his garden

And eat its pleasant ^pfruits.