Song of Solomon 5:10-6:3

English Standard Version

¹⁰ My beloved is radiant and ^(A)ruddy,
    ^(B)distinguished among ten thousand.
¹¹ His head is the finest gold;
    ^(C)his locks are wavy,
    black as a raven.
¹² His ^(D)eyes are like doves
    beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
    sitting beside a full pool.^[a]
13 His ^(E)cheeks are like ^(F)beds of spices,
    mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are ^(G)lilies,
    dripping ^(H)liquid myrrh.
¹⁴ His arms are rods of gold,
    set with ^(I)jewels.
His body is polished ivory,^[b]
    bedecked with ^(J)sapphires.^[c]
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
    set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like ^(K)Lebanon,
    choice as the cedars.
¹⁶ His ^(L)mouth^[d] is most sweet,
    and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
    O ^(M)daughters of Jerusalem.

6 Where has your beloved gone,
    O ^(N)most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
    that we may seek him with you?

² My beloved has gone down to his ^(O)garden
    to ^(P)the beds of spices,
to ^(Q)graze^[e] in the gardens
    and to gather ^(R)lilies.
^3 (S)I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine;
    he grazes among the lilies.