5 I have entered my garden, my sister [4:9], my bride.
    I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey.
    I have drunk my wine and my milk [^Che enjoys physical intimacy with her].

Eat, friends, and drink;
yes, ·drink deeply [be intoxicated], lovers.

² I sleep, but my ·heart [mind] ·is awake [was alert].
    ·I hear [^LThe sound of] my lover knocking.
“Open to me, my sister [4:9; ^Che desires physical intimacy], my darling,
    my dove, my ·perfect [flawless] one.
My head is ·wet with [^Lfull of] dew,
    and my hair with the ·dampness [drizzle] of the night.”
³ I have taken off my ·garment [clothes]
    ·and don’t want to put it on [^Lshould I get dressed…?] again.
I have washed my feet
    ·and don’t want to get [^Lshould I get…?] them dirty again.
⁴ My lover put his hand through the ·opening [^Lhole],
    and I felt ·excited inside [aroused; warmed].
⁵ I got up to open the door for my lover.
    Myrrh was dripping from my hands
and liquid myrrh [4:14] was flowing from my fingers,
    onto the handles of the lock.
⁶ I opened the door for my lover,
    but my lover had left and was gone.
    When he spoke, ·he took my breath away [^Lmy spirit went out].
I ·looked for [sought] him, but I could not find him;
    I called for him, but he did not answer.
⁷ The ·watchmen [guards; ^Can ancient equivalent to police; 3:3] found me
    ·as they patrolled [those who make their rounds in] the city.
They hit me and ·hurt [bruised] me;
    the guards ·on the wall took away my veil [^Llifted my garments from me].
⁸ ·Promise me [I adjure you], ·women [^Ldaughters] of Jerusalem [1:5],
    if you find my lover,
·tell him [^Lwhat should you say to him? That] I am weak with love.

⁹ How is your lover better than other lovers,
    most beautiful of women?
How is your lover better than other lovers?
    Why do you want us to promise this?

¹⁰ My lover is ·healthy [radiant] and ·tan [ruddy],
    ·the best of [distinguished among] ten thousand men.
¹¹ His head is like ·the finest [pure] gold;
    his hair is wavy and black like a raven.
¹² His eyes are like doves [1:15]
    by ·springs [streams] of water.
They seem to be bathed in ·cream [milk; ^Creferring to the white of the eye]
    ·and are set like jewels [or sitting by pools].
¹³ His cheeks are like beds of spices [^Chis beard is perfumed];
    ·they smell like mounds of perfume [^Lgrowing aromatics].
His lips are like lilies
    flowing with myrrh [4:14].
¹⁴ His ·hands [or arms] are like gold ·hinges [or bars],
    ·filled with jewels [^Lset with Tarshish stones; ^Ca location in Spain; perhaps a black jet stone or golden topaz].
His ·body [or member] is like ·shiny ivory [or an ivory tusk]
    ·covered with sapphires [ornamented with lapis].
¹⁵ His legs are like large marble ·posts [pillars],
    standing on ·bases [pedestals] of fine gold.
·He is like a cedar of [^LHis appearance is like] Lebanon,
    ·like the finest of the trees [^Lchoice like the cedars].
¹⁶ His mouth is sweet [^Cto kiss],
    and ·I desire him very much [he is totally desirable].
Yes, ·daughters [women] of Jerusalem [1:5],
    this is my lover
and my ·friend [darling].