⁸ Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(A)—
    if you find my beloved,^(B)
what will you tell him?
    Tell him I am faint with love.^(C)

⁹ How is your beloved better than others,
    most beautiful of women?^(D)
How is your beloved better than others,
    that you so charge us?

¹⁰ My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.^(E)
11 His head is purest gold;
    his hair is wavy
    and black as a raven.
¹² His eyes are like doves^(F)
    by the water streams,
washed in milk,^(G)
    mounted like jewels.
¹³ His cheeks^(H) are like beds of spice^(I)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies^(J)
    dripping with myrrh.^(K)
14 His arms are rods of gold
    set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
    decorated with lapis lazuli.^(L)
15 His legs are pillars of marble
    set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,^(M)
    choice as its cedars.
¹⁶ His mouth^(N) is sweetness itself;
    he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,^(O) this is my friend,
    daughters of Jerusalem.^(P)

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)