4 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair;
^[a]Thine eyes are as doves behind thy ^[b]veil.
Thy hair is as a flock of goats,
That ^[c]lie along the side of mount Gilead.
² Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes that are newly shorn,
Which are come up from the washing,
^[d]Whereof every one hath twins,
And none is bereaved among them.
³ Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet,
And thy ^[e]mouth is comely.
Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate
Behind thy ^[f]veil.
⁴ Thy neck is like the tower of David
Builded ^[g]for an armory,
Whereon there hang a thousand bucklers,
All the shields of the mighty men.
⁵ Thy two breasts are like two fawns
That are twins of a ^[h]roe,
Which feed among the lilies.

⁶ Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away,
I will get me to the mountain of myrrh,
And to the hill of frankincense.

⁷ Thou art all fair, my love;
And there is no spot in thee.
⁸ Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
With me from Lebanon:
^[i]Look from the top of Amana,
From the top of Senir and Hermon,
From the lions’ dens,
From the mountains of the leopards.
⁹ Thou hast ^[j]ravished my heart, my sister, my bride;
Thou hast ^[k]ravished my heart with ^[l]one of thine eyes,
With one chain of thy neck.
¹⁰ How fair is thy love, my sister, my bride!
How much better is thy love than wine!
And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!
¹¹ Thy lips, O my bride, ^[m]drop as the honeycomb:
Honey and milk are under thy tongue;
And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
¹² A garden ^[n]shut up is my sister, my bride;
A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
¹³ Thy shoots are ^[o]an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits;
Henna with spikenard plants,
¹⁴ Spikenard and saffron,
Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense;
Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.
¹⁵ Thou art a fountain of gardens,
A well of living waters,
And flowing streams from Lebanon.

¹⁶ Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south;
Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.
Let my beloved come into his garden,
And eat his precious fruits.