² Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
    for your love is more delightful than wine.
³ Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
    your name is like perfume poured out.
    No wonder the young women love you!
⁴ Take me away with you—let us hurry!
    Let the king bring me into his chambers.

We rejoice and delight in you^[b];
    we will praise your love more than wine.

How right they are to adore you!

⁸ If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
    follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
    by the tents of the shepherds.

⁹ I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
¹⁰ Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,
    your neck with strings of jewels.
¹¹ We will make you earrings of gold,
    studded with silver.

¹² While the king was at his table,
    my perfume spread its fragrance.
¹³ My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
    resting between my breasts.
¹⁴ My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
    from the vineyards of En Gedi.

¹⁵ How beautiful you are, my darling!
    Oh, how beautiful!
    Your eyes are doves.

¹⁶ How handsome you are, my beloved!
    Oh, how charming!
    And our bed is verdant.

¹⁷ The beams of our house are cedars;
    our rafters are firs.