Friends

How is your beloved better than others,
    most beautiful of women?(A)
How is your beloved better than others,
    that you so charge us?

She

10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy,
    outstanding among ten thousand.(B)
11 His head is purest gold;
    his hair is wavy
    and black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves(C)
    by the water streams,
washed in milk,(D)
    mounted like jewels.
13 His cheeks(E) are like beds of spice(F)
    yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies(G)
    dripping with myrrh.(H)
14 His arms are rods of gold
    set with topaz.
His body is like polished ivory
    decorated with lapis lazuli.(I)
15 His legs are pillars of marble
    set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,(J)
    choice as its cedars.
16 His mouth(K) is sweetness itself;
    he is altogether lovely.
This is my beloved,(L) this is my friend,
    daughters of Jerusalem.(M)

Friends

Where has your beloved(N) gone,
    most beautiful of women?(O)
Which way did your beloved turn,
    that we may look for him with you?

She

My beloved has gone(P) down to his garden,(Q)
    to the beds of spices,(R)
to browse in the gardens
    and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(S)
    he browses among the lilies.(T)

He

You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(U) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(V)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(W)
Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(X)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
    not one of them is missing.(Y)
Your temples behind your veil(Z)
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(AA)
Sixty queens(AB) there may be,
    and eighty concubines,(AC)
    and virgins beyond number;
but my dove,(AD) my perfect one,(AE) is unique,
    the only daughter of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.(AF)
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    the queens and concubines praised her.

What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.