Your lips are like (A)a scarlet thread,
    and your mouth is (B)lovely.
Your (C)cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
    (D)behind your veil.
Your (E)neck is like the tower of David,
    built in (F)rows of stone;[a]
on it (G)hang a thousand shields,
    all of (H)them shields of warriors.
Your (I)two breasts are like two (J)fawns,
    twins of a gazelle,
    that (K)graze among the lilies.
(L)Until the day breathes
    and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of (M)myrrh
    and the hill of (N)frankincense.
(O)You are altogether beautiful, my love;
    there is no (P)flaw in you.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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