Song of Songs 1:12-2:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹² While the king was on his couch,
    my nard gave forth its fragrance.
¹³ My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh
    that lies between my breasts.
¹⁴ My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
    in the vineyards of En-gedi.^(A)

¹⁵ Ah, you are beautiful, my love;
    ah, you are beautiful;
    your eyes are doves.^(B)
16 Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved,
    truly lovely.
Our couch is green;
¹⁷     the beams of our house are cedar;
    our rafters^[a] are pine.^(C)

2 I am a rose of Sharon,
    a lily of the valleys.^(D)

² As a lily among brambles,
    so is my love among maidens.

³ As an apple tree among the trees of the wood,
    so is my beloved among young men.
With great delight I sat in his shadow,
    and his fruit was sweet to my taste.^(E)
4 He brought me to the banqueting house,
    and his intention toward^[b] me was love.^(F)
5 Sustain me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,
    for I am faint with love.^(G)
6 O that his left hand were under my head
    and that his right hand embraced me!^(H)