Song of Songs 1:14-2:3

New International Version

¹⁴My beloved^(A) is to me a cluster of henna^(B) blossoms
from the vineyards of En Gedi.^(C)

He

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

She

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

He

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

She^[a]

2 I am a rose^[b]^(H) of Sharon,^(I)
a lily^(J) of the valleys.

He

²Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the young women.

She

³Like an apple^[c] tree among the trees of the forest
is my beloved^(K) among the young men.
I delight^(L) to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.^(M)

Footnotes

Song of Songs 2:1 Or He
Song of Songs 2:1 Probably a member of the crocus family
Song of Songs 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs

Song of Songs 6:4

New International Version

He

⁴You are as beautiful as Tirzah,^(A) my darling,
as lovely as Jerusalem,^(B)
as majestic as troops with banners.^(C)

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Song of Songs 6:4 in all English translations

Song of Songs 4:12-16

New International Version

¹²You are a garden^(A) locked up, my sister, my bride;^(B)
    you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.^(C)
¹³Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates^(D)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna^(E) and nard,
¹⁴    nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,^(F)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh^(G) and aloes^(H)
    and all the finest spices.^(I)
¹⁵You are^[a] a garden^(J) fountain,^(K)
    a well of flowing water
    streaming down from Lebanon.

She

¹⁶Awake, north wind,
    and come, south wind!
Blow on my garden,^(L)
    that its fragrance^(M) may spread everywhere.
Let my beloved^(N) come into his garden
    and taste its choice fruits.^(O)