² “^[b]My beloved has gone down to his ^(C)garden,
To the ^(D)beds of spices,
To ^(E)shepherd his flock in the gardens
And gather ^(F)lilies.
^3 (G)I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,
He who ^(H)shepherds his flock among the lilies.”

⁴ “^[c](I)You are as beautiful as ^(J)Tirzah, my darling,
As ^(K)lovely as ^(L)Jerusalem,
As ^(M)majestic as ^[d]an army with banners.
⁵ Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have overwhelmed me;
^(N)Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have leapt down from Gilead.
^6 (O)Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has ^[e]lost her young.
^7 (P)Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
⁸ There are sixty ^(Q)queens and eighty concubines,
And ^[f](R)maidens without number;
⁹ She is the only one—^(S)my dove, my perfect one;
She is the only one of her mother;
She is the pure one of her who bore her.
The ^(T)daughters saw her and called her blessed,
The ^(U)queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,
¹⁰ ‘Who is this that looks down like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full ^(V)moon,
As pure ^(W)as the sun,
As ^(X)majestic as ^[g]an army with banners?’

^11 [h]I went down to the garden of nut trees
To see the blossoms of the valley,
To see whether ^(Y)the vine had flourished
Or the ^(Z)pomegranates had bloomed.
¹² I did not know it, but my soul set me
Among the chariots of ^[i]my noble people.”

¹³ “^[j][k]Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
Come back, come back, that we may behold you!”
“^[l]Why should you behold the Shulammite,
As at the ^(AA)dance of ^[m](AB)the two companies?