The Bride Confesses Her Love

She

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine;

Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers.

Others

We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

She

While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.

She

As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!

My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.

all of them wearing swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against terror by night.

Go out, O daughters of Zion, and look upon King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of the gladness of his heart.

Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty

He

Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its spices flow.

Together in the Garden of Love

She

Let my beloved come to his garden, and eat its choicest fruits.

My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart was thrilled within me.

His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.

His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool.

His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh.

His arms are rods of gold, set with jewels. His body is polished ivory, bedecked with sapphires.

His legs are alabaster columns, set on bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.

His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Together in the Garden of Love

She

My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.

His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me!

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.

She

I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; then I was in his eyes as one who finds peace.