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The Young Woman’s Matchless Beauty

You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love,
    comely as Jerusalem,
    terrible as an army with banners.(A)
Turn away your eyes from me,
    for they overwhelm me!
Your hair is like a flock of goats,
    moving down the slopes of Gilead.(B)
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
    that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins,
    and not one among them is bereaved.(C)
Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
    behind your veil.(D)
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines
    and maidens without number.(E)
My dove, my perfect one, is the only one,
    the darling of her mother,
    flawless to her who bore her.
The maidens saw her and called her happy;
    the queens and concubines praised her.(F)
10 “Who is this that looks forth like the dawn,
    fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
    terrible as an army with banners?”(G)

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You Are Beautiful

The Man

You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah,[a]
lovely as Jerusalem,
majestic as troops with banners.

Turn your eyes away from me,
because they arouse me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
flowing down from Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from the washing.
Each has its twin. Not one of them is alone.
Your cheeks behind your veil
are like the halves of a pomegranate.
There may be sixty queens,
and eighty concubines,
and virgins beyond number,
but my dove, my perfect one, is one of a kind.
She is the only daughter of her mother,
pure to the one who bore her.
The girls saw her and called her blessed.
The queens and concubines also praised her.

The Friends

10 Who is this woman that appears like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun,
majestic as the stars in procession?

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 6:4 Tirzah is a city in Israel. Its name means delightful.