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Take me away with you—let us hurry! Let the king bring me into his chambers.
Friends
We rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. She
How right they are to adore you!
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Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock and where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your friends?
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Friends
If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats by the tents of the shepherds.
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He
I have come into 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. Friends
Eat, friends, and drink; drink your fill of love.
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Friends
How is your beloved better than others, most beautiful of women? How is your beloved better than others, that you so charge us?
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His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
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Friends
Where has your beloved gone, most beautiful of women? Which way did your beloved turn, that we may look for him with you?
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Friends
Who is this that appears like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, majestic as the stars in procession?
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Friends
Come back, come back, O Shulammite; come back, come back, that we may gaze on you! He
Why would you gaze on the Shulammite as on the dance of Mahanaim?
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Friends
Who is this coming up from the wilderness leaning on her beloved? She
Under the apple tree I roused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who was in labor gave you birth.
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Friends
We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
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He
You who dwell in the gardens with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!
