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

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

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

2 I am a rose^[b](E) of Sharon,^(F)
    a lily^(G) 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^(H) among the young men.
I delight^(I) to sit in his shade,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.^(J)