Song of Solomon 5:8-16

English Standard Version

⁸ I ^(A)adjure you, O ^(B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
    ^(C)I am sick with love.

⁹ What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    O ^(D)most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    that you thus ^(E)adjure us?

¹⁰ My beloved is radiant and ^(F)ruddy,
    ^(G)distinguished among ten thousand.
¹¹ His head is the finest gold;
    ^(H)his locks are wavy,
    black as a raven.
¹² His ^(I)eyes are like doves
    beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
    sitting beside a full pool.^[a]
13 His ^(J)cheeks are like ^(K)beds of spices,
    mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are ^(L)lilies,
    dripping ^(M)liquid myrrh.
¹⁴ His arms are rods of gold,
    set with ^(N)jewels.
His body is polished ivory,^[b]
    bedecked with ^(O)sapphires.^[c]
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
    set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like ^(P)Lebanon,
    choice as the cedars.
¹⁶ His ^(Q)mouth^[d] is most sweet,
    and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
    O ^(R)daughters of Jerusalem.