Song of Solomon 4:1-7

New American Standard Bible 1995

4 “^[a][b]How beautiful ^(A)you are, my darling,
^[c]How beautiful you are!
Your ^(B)eyes are like doves ^(C)behind your veil;
Your ^(D)hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount ^(E)Gilead.
² “Your ^(F)teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has ^[d]lost her young.
³ “Your lips are like a ^(G)scarlet thread,
And your ^(H)mouth is lovely.
Your ^(I)temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
⁴ “Your ^(J)neck is like the tower of David,
Built ^[e]with rows of stones
On which are ^(K)hung a thousand shields,
All the round ^(L)shields of the mighty men.
⁵ “Your ^(M)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which ^(N)feed among the lilies.
⁶ “^(O)Until ^[f]the cool of the day
When the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of ^(P)myrrh
And to the hill of ^(Q)frankincense.