1 Where has your beloved gone,O most beautiful among women?Where has your beloved turned?Tell us, that we may seek him with you.
2 My beloved has gone down to his garden,to the flowerbeds of balsam spices,to graze in the gardens,and to gather lilies.
3 I am my lover’s and my lover is mine;he grazes among the lilies.
4 My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah,as lovely as Jerusalem,as awe-inspiring as bannered armies!
5 Turn your eyes away from me – they overwhelm me!Your hair is like a flock of goatsdescending from Mount Gilead.
6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheepcoming up from the washing;each has its twin;not one of them is missing.