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You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(A) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(B)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(C)
Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(D)
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
    coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin,
    not one of them is missing.(E)
Your temples behind your veil(F)
    are like the halves of a pomegranate.(G)
Sixty queens(H) there may be,
    and eighty concubines,(I)
    and virgins beyond number;
but my dove,(J) my perfect one,(K) is unique,
    the only daughter of her mother,
    the favorite of the one who bore her.(L)
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
    the queens and concubines praised her.

Friends

10 Who is this that appears like the dawn,
    fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
    majestic as the stars in procession?

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M You are as beautiful as Tirzah,[a] my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.(A)
Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.(B)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.(C)
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.[b](D)
Behind your veil,(E)
your brow[c] is like a slice of pomegranate.
There are 60 queens
and 80 concubines(F)
and young women[d] without number.
But my dove,(G) my virtuous one, is unique;(H)
she is the favorite of her mother,
perfect to the one who gave her birth.
Women see her and declare her fortunate;(I)
queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:

10 Y[e] Who is this[f](J) who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?(K)

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Notas al pie

  1. Song of Solomon 6:4 = a mountain city in Manasseh
  2. Song of Solomon 6:6 Lit and no one bereaved among them
  3. Song of Solomon 6:7 Or temple, or cheek, or lips
  4. Song of Solomon 6:8 Or and virgins; Sg 1:3
  5. Song of Solomon 6:10 Some see v. 10 as spoken by M.
  6. Song of Solomon 6:10 In Hb, the word for “this” is feminine.