4 “^[a]How beautiful ^(A)you are, my darling,
^[b]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 sheep
Which have come up from their watering place,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has lost her young.
³ Your lips are like a ^(G)scarlet thread,
And your ^(H)mouth is beautiful.
Your ^(I)temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
⁴ Your ^(J)neck is like the tower of David,
Built with layers of stones
On which are ^(K)hung a thousand shields,
All the round ^(L)shields of the warriors.
⁵ Your ^(M)two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
That ^(N)graze among the lilies.
^6 (O)Until ^[c]the cool of the day
When the shadows flee,
I will go my way to the mountain of ^(P)myrrh
And to the hill of ^(Q)frankincense.