Song of Solomon 4:12-5:1

International Children’s Bible

¹² My sister, my bride, you are like a garden locked up.
    You are like a spring with a wall around it, a fountain that is closed.
¹³ Your limbs are like an orchard
    of pomegranates and all the best fruit.
It is filled with flowers and nard.
¹⁴ It also has saffron, calamus and cinnamon.
    It is filled with trees of incense, myrrh and aloes—
    all the best spices.
¹⁵ You are like a garden fountain—
    a well of fresh water
    flowing down from the mountains of Lebanon.

¹⁶ Awake, north wind!
    Come, you south wind!
Blow on my garden.
    Let its sweet smells flow out.
Let my lover enter the garden.
    And let him eat its best fruits.

5 I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride.
    I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey.
    I have drunk my wine and my milk.

Eat, friends, and drink.
    Yes, drink deeply, lovers.