6 Y Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has he^[a] turned?
We will seek him with you.

² W My love has gone down to his garden,^(A)
to beds of spice,^(B)
to feed in the gardens^(C)
and gather lilies.^(D)
3 I am my love’s and my love is mine;^(E)
he feeds among the lilies.

⁴ M You are as beautiful as Tirzah,^[b] my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.^(F)
5 Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.^(G)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.^(H)
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.^[c](I)
7 Behind your veil,^(J)
your brow^[d] is like a slice of pomegranate.
⁸ There are 60 queens
and 80 concubines^(K)
and young women^[e] without number.
⁹ But my dove,^(L) my virtuous one, is unique;^(M)
she is the favorite of her mother,
perfect to the one who gave her birth.
Women see her and declare her fortunate;^(N)
queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:

¹⁰ Y^[f] Who is this^[g](O) who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?^(P)

¹¹ W I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding^(Q)
and the pomegranates blooming.
¹² Before I knew it,
my desire put me
among the chariots of my noble people.^[h]

^13 [i]Y Come back, come back, Shulammite!^[j][k]
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!

M Why are you looking at the Shulammite,
as you look at the dance^(R) of the two camps?^[l](S)