4 You are beautiful, my darling,
    beautiful beyond words.
Your eyes are like doves
    behind your veil.
Your hair falls in waves,
    like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.
² Your teeth are as white as sheep,
    recently shorn and freshly washed.
Your smile is flawless,
    each tooth matched with its twin.^[a]
3 Your lips are like scarlet ribbon;
    your mouth is inviting.
Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates
    behind your veil.
⁴ Your neck is as beautiful as the tower of David,
    jeweled with the shields of a thousand heroes.
⁵ Your breasts are like two fawns,
    twin fawns of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
⁶ Before the dawn breezes blow
    and the night shadows flee,
I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh
    and to the hill of frankincense.
⁷ You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
    beautiful in every way.