Young Women
1Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has he6:1 Lit your love turned?
We will seek him with you.
Woman
to beds of spice,6:2 Sg 5:13
to feed in the gardens6:2 Sg 1:7
and gather lilies.6:2 Sg 2:1
he feeds among the lilies.
Man
4You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
5Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.6:5 Sg 4:9
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.6:5 Sg 4:1
6Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.6:6 Lit and no one bereaved among them6:6 Sg 4:2
your brow6:7 Or temple, or cheek, or lips is like a slice of pomegranate.
8There are sixty queens
and eighty concubines6:8 1Kg 11:3
and young women6:8 Or and virgins; Sg 1:3 without number.
she is the favorite of her mother,
perfect to the one who gave her birth.
Women see her and declare her fortunate;6:9 Gn 30:13
queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?6:10 Sg 6:4
Woman
11I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding6:11 Sg 7:12
and the pomegranates blooming.
12I didn’t know what was happening to me.
I felt like I was
in a chariot with a nobleman.6:12 Hb obscure
Young Women
13Come back, come back, Shulammite!6:13 Or the perfect one, or the peaceable one
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!
Man
How you gaze at the Shulammite,
as you look at the dance6:13 Jdg 21:21 of the two camps!6:13 Or dance of Mahanaim6:13 Gn 32:2; 2Sm 17:24
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