Song of Songs 1:9-2:7

New International Version

⁹ I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.^(A)
10 Your cheeks^(B) are beautiful with earrings,
    your neck with strings of jewels.^(C)
11 We will make you earrings of gold,
    studded with silver.

¹² While the king was at his table,
    my perfume spread its fragrance.^(D)
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh^(E)
    resting between my breasts.
¹⁴ My beloved^(F) is to me a cluster of henna^(G) blossoms
    from the vineyards of En Gedi.^(H)

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

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

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

2 I am a rose^[b](M) of Sharon,^(N)
    a lily^(O) 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^(P) among the young men.
I delight^(Q) to sit in his shade,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.^(R)
4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall,^(S)
    and let his banner^(T) over me be love.
⁵ Strengthen me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,^(U)
    for I am faint with love.^(V)
6 His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.^(W)
7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(X)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.^(Y)