11COME OUT AND LOOK O DAUGHTERS OF ZION ON THE KING SOLOMON ON THE CROWN THAT <SHE> CROWNED <TO> HIM MOTHER HIS ON [THE] DAY OF WEDDING HIS AND ON [THE] DAY OF [THE] REJOICING OF HEART HIS 11Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
1HERE YOU [ARE] BEAUTIFUL O FRIEND MY HERE YOU [ARE] BEAUTIFUL EYES YOUR [ARE] DOVES FROM BEHIND TO VEIL YOUR HAIR YOUR [IS] LIKE [THE] FLOCK OF <THE> SHE-GOATS THAT <THEY> HAVE DESCENDED FROM [THE] MOUNTAIN OF GILEAD Solomon Admires His Bride<p class=|ihdg| 1How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
2TEETH YOUR [ARE] LIKE [THE] FLOCK OF <THE> SHORN [EWES] THAT <THEY> HAVE COME UP FROM THE WASHING THAT ALL OF THEM [ARE] BEARING TWINS AND [IS ONE] DEPRIVED OF OFFSPRING THERE NOT AMONG THEM 2Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
3[ARE] LIKE [THE] THREAD OF <THE> SCARLET LIPS YOUR AND MOUTH YOUR [IS] LOVELY [IS] LIKE [THE] SLICE OF <THE> POMEGRANATE TEMPLE YOUR FROM BEHIND TO VEIL YOUR 3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
4[IS] LIKE [THE] TOWER OF DAVID NECK YOUR BUILT TO LAYERS <THE> THOUSAND <THE> SHIELD[S] [IS] HUNG ON IT ALL [THE] SHIELDS OF THE WARRIORS 4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
5[THE] TWO BREASTS YOUR [ARE] LIKE TWO FAWNS TWINS OF A GAZELLE WHICH GRAZE AMONG THE LILIES 5Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
6UNTIL THAT <IT> WILL BREATHE THE DAY AND THEY WILL FLEE THE SHADOWS I WILL GO <FOR> MYSELF TO [THE] MOUNTAIN OF <THE> MYRRH AND TO [THE] HILL OF <THE> FRANKINCENSE 6Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
7ALL OF YOU [IS] BEAUTIFUL O FRIEND MY AND [IS] BLEMISH THERE NOT IN YOU 7You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
8WITH ME FROM LEBANON O BRIDE WITH ME FROM LEBANON YOU WILL COME YOU WILL COME DOWN FROM [THE] TOP OF AMANA FROM [THE] TOP OF SENIR AND HERMON FROM [THE] DENS OF LIONS FROM [THE] MOUNTAINS OF LEOPARDS 8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend*NoteCloseOr Look down from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
9YOU HAVE STOLEN HEART MY O SISTER MY BRIDE YOU HAVE STOLEN HEART MY WITH ONE FROM EYES YOUR WITH ONE NECKLACE FROM NECKLACES YOUR 9You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
10HOW! THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL LOVE<S> YOUR O SISTER MY BRIDE HOW! THEY ARE GOOD LOVE<S> YOUR MORE THAN WINE AND [THE] ODOR OF OILS YOUR MORE THAN ALL SPICES 10How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
11HONEY THEY DRIP LIPS YOUR O BRIDE HONEY AND MILK [ARE] UNDER TONGUE YOUR AND [THE] ODOR OF GARMENTS YOUR [IS] LIKE [THE] ODOR OF LEBANON 11Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
12[IS] A GARDEN LOCKED SISTER MY BRIDE A SPRING LOCKED A SPRING SEALED UP 12My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
13SHOOTS YOUR [ARE] A GARDEN OF POMEGRANATES WITH FRUIT OF CHOICE<S> HENNA PLANTS WITH NARD PLANTS 13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
14NARD AND SAFFRON CALAMUS AND CINNAMON WITH ALL [THE] TREES OF FRANKINCENSE MYRRH AND ALOES WITH ALL [THE] CHOICEST OF SPICES 14with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
15A SPRING OF GARDENS A WELL OF WATER LIVING AND FLOWING FROM LEBANON 15You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water*NoteCloseOr flowing water or living water flowing down from Lebanon.
16AWAKE O NORTH WIND AND COME O SOUTH WIND MAKE BREATHE GARDEN MY LET THEM FLOW SPICES ITS LET HIM COME LOVER MY TO GARDEN HIS SO HE MAY EAT [THE] FRUIT OF CHOICE<S> ITS The Bride 16Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.