Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom
Song of Songs chapter 6
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Where has your lover gone,
?
Which way did your lover turn?
We will search for him with you.My lover has gone down to his ,
to the beds of spices,
to graze among the gardens
and to gather .I belong to my lover
and my lover belongs to me—
he who grazes among the lilies.You are as beautiful as , my darling,
as lovely as Jerusalem,
as .Turn your eyes away from me—
they me.
Your hair cascades like a flock of goats
streaming down from .Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing—
each one ,
not one of them alone.Behind your veil,
your cheeks glow
like halves of a .There may be sixty
and eighty
and young women beyond counting—but , my , is —
the only daughter of her mother,
the favorite of the one who bore her.
The young women see her and call her fortunate;
queens and concubines praise her:“Who is this that looks out like the ,
as beautiful as the ,
as radiant as the ,
as awe-striking as an army with banners?”I went down to the
to see the in the valley,
to see if the vines had budded,
if the pomegranates had bloomed.Before I knew it, my
set me among the ., come back, O !
Come back, come back, so we may gaze at you!
Why would you gaze at the Shulammite
as at the ?