Song of Songs 6

1Young Woman

2My lover has gone down to his garden,to his spice beds,to browse in the gardensand gather the lilies.31am my lover’s, and my lover is mine.He browses among the lilies.

5. Praising the bride’s beauty

Young Man

4You are beautiful, my darling,like the lovely city of Tirzah.Yes, as beautiful as Jerusalem,as majestic as an army with billowing banners.

5Turn your eyes away,for they overpower me.Your hair falls in waves,like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.

6Your teeth are as white as sheepthat are freshly washed.Your smile is flawless,each tooth matched with its twin.*

7Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranatesbehind your veil.

8Even among sixty queensand eighty concubinesand countless young women,

9E would still choose my dove, my perfect one—the favorite of her mother,dearly loved by the one who bore her.The young women see her and praise her;even queens and royal concubines sing her praises:

10“Who is this, arising like the dawn,as fair as the moon,as bright as the sun,as majestic as an army with billowing banners?”

11T went down to the grove of walnut treesand out to the valley to see the new spring growth,to see whether the grapevines had buddedor the pomegranates were in bloom.

12Before I realized it,I found myself in the royal chariot with my beloved.*

Young Women of Jerusalem

13* Return, return to us, O maid of Shulam.Come back, come back, that we may see you again.Young ManWhy do you stare at this young woman of Shulam,as she moves so gracefully between two lines of dancers?*7 1*How beautiful are your sandaled feet,O queenly maiden.Your rounded thighs are like jewels,