Song of Solomon 6
1Where has your beloved gone, 1 most beautiful among women? 1 In what direction has your beloved gone, 1 so that we may seek him with you? The woman speaking to herself 1
2My beloved has gone down to his garden, 1 to the beds of spices, 1 to graze in the garden and to gather lilies. 1
3I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine; 1 he grazes among the lilies with pleasure. The man speaking to the woman 1
4You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my love, 1 as lovely as Jerusalem, 1 as awe-inspiring as an army with its banners. 1
5Turn your eyes away from me, 1 for they overwhelm me. 1 Your hair is like a flock of goats 1 going down from the slopes of Gilead. 1
6Your teeth are like a flock of ewes 1 coming up from the washing place. 1 Each one has a twin, 1 and none among them is bereaved. 1
7Your cheeks are like pomegranate halves 1 behind your veil. The man speaking to himself 1
8There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, 1 and young women without number. 1
9My dove, my undefiled, is the only one; 1 she is the only daughter of her mother; 1 she is the favorite one of the woman who bore her. 1 The young women saw her and called her blessed; 1 the queens and the concubines saw her also, and they praised her: What the queens and the concubines said 1
10“Who is this who appears like the dawn, 1 as beautiful as the moon, 1 as bright as the sun, 1 as awe-inspiring as an army with its banners?” The man speaking to himself 1
11I went down into the grove of nut trees 1 to see the young growth in the valley, 1 to see whether the vines had budded, 1 and whether the pomegranates were in bloom. 1
12I was so happy that I felt 1 I was riding in the chariot of a prince. The friends speaking to the woman 1
13Turn back, turn back, you perfect woman; + 6:13 Some versions read, you woman from Shulam . 1 turn back, turn back so that we may gaze on you. The woman speaking to the friends 1 Why do you gaze on the perfect woman, + 6:13 Some versions read, on the woman from Shulam . 1 as if on the dance between two armies? + 6:13 Some versions read, on the dance of Mahanaim .