Young Women

Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has he[a] turned?
We will seek him with you.

Woman

My love has gone down to his garden,(A)
to beds of spice,(B)
to feed in the gardens(C)
and gather lilies.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 6:1 Lit your love

[Daughters of Jerusalem]

Which way did your lover go,
        you who are the most beautiful of women?
Which way did your lover turn,
        that we may look for him along with you?

[Woman]

My lover has gone down to his garden,
        to the fragrant plantings,
        to graze in the gardens,
        to gather the lilies.

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