Song of Songs 1:9-2:3

New International Version

⁹ I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.^(A)
10 Your cheeks^(B) are beautiful with earrings,
    your neck with strings of jewels.^(C)
11 We will make you earrings of gold,
    studded with silver.

¹² While the king was at his table,
    my perfume spread its fragrance.^(D)
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh^(E)
    resting between my breasts.
¹⁴ My beloved^(F) is to me a cluster of henna^(G) blossoms
    from the vineyards of En Gedi.^(H)

¹⁵ How beautiful^(I) you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes are doves.^(J)

¹⁶ How handsome you are, my beloved!^(K)
    Oh, how charming!
    And our bed is verdant.

¹⁷ The beams of our house are cedars;^(L)
    our rafters are firs.

2 I am a rose^[b](M) of Sharon,^(N)
    a lily^(O) of the valleys.

² Like a lily among thorns
    is my darling among the young women.

³ Like an apple^[c] tree among the trees of the forest
    is my beloved^(P) among the young men.
I delight^(Q) to sit in his shade,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.^(R)