I (A)adjure you, O (B)daughters of Jerusalem,
    if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
    (C)I am sick with love.

Others

What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    O (D)most beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    that you thus (E)adjure us?

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

10 My beloved is radiant and (F)ruddy,
    (G)distinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
    (H)his locks are wavy,
    black as a raven.
12 His (I)eyes are like doves
    beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
    sitting beside a full pool.[a]
13 His (J)cheeks are like (K)beds of spices,
    mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are (L)lilies,
    dripping (M)liquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rods of gold,
    set with (N)jewels.
His body is polished ivory,[b]
    bedecked with (O)sapphires.[c]
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
    set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like (P)Lebanon,
    choice as the cedars.
16 His (Q)mouth[d] is most sweet,
    and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
    O (R)daughters of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  2. Song of Solomon 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  3. Song of Solomon 5:14 Hebrew lapis lazuli
  4. Song of Solomon 5:16 Hebrew palate

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
    if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
    I am sick with love.

Colloquy of Friends and Bride

What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    O fairest among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
    that you thus adjure us?

10 My beloved is all radiant and ruddy,
    distinguished among ten thousand.
11 His head is the finest gold;
    his locks are wavy,
    black as a raven.
12 His eyes are like doves
    beside springs of water,
bathed in milk,
    fitly set.[a]
13 His cheeks are like beds of spices,
    yielding fragrance.
His lips are lilies,
    distilling liquid myrrh.
14 His arms are rounded gold,
    set with jewels.
His body is ivory work,[b]
    encrusted with sapphires.[c]
15 His legs are alabaster columns,
    set upon bases of gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
    choice as the cedars.
16 His speech is most sweet,
    and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
    O daughters of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:12 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
  2. Song of Solomon 5:14 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  3. Song of Solomon 5:14 Heb lapis lazuli