6 Where has your beloved^(A) gone,
    most beautiful of women?^(B)
Which way did your beloved turn,
    that we may look for him with you?

² My beloved has gone^(C) down to his garden,^(D)
    to the beds of spices,^(E)
to browse in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
³ I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;^(F)
    he browses among the lilies.^(G)