Your lips are like (A)a scarlet thread,
    and your mouth is (B)lovely.
Your (C)cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
    (D)behind your veil.
Your (E)neck is like the tower of David,
    built in (F)rows of stone;[a]
on it (G)hang a thousand shields,
    all of (H)them shields of warriors.
Your (I)two breasts are like two (J)fawns,
    twins of a gazelle,
    that (K)graze among the lilies.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;
    your mouth(A) is lovely.(B)
Your temples behind your veil
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(C)
Your neck is like the tower(D) of David,
    built with courses of stone[a];
on it hang a thousand shields,(E)
    all of them shields of warriors.
Your breasts(F) are like two fawns,
    like twin fawns of a gazelle(G)
    that browse among the lilies.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.