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Friends

Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women?
    Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

Beloved

My beloved has gone down to his garden,
    to the beds of spices,
    to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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The Young Women

Where did your beloved go,
most beautiful of women?
Where did your beloved turn,
so we may look for him with you?

The Loved One

My beloved has gone down to his garden,
    to the beds of spices,
to graze his flock[a] in the gardens
    and gather lilies.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:2 The Heb. lacks his flock