The Beautiful Mare and the Fragrant Myrrh

The Lover to His Beloved:

1:9 O my beloved, you are like46 a47 mare48

among Pharaoh’s stallions.49

1:10 Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments;

your neck is lovely50 with strings of jewels.

1:11 We51 will make for you gold ornaments

studded with silver.52

The Beloved about Her Lover:

1:12 While the king was at his banqueting table,53

my nard54 gave forth its fragrance.55

1:13 My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh56

spending the night57 between my breasts.

1:14 My beloved is like a cluster of henna blossoms58

in the vineyards of En-Gedi.59