Song 4
1
Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; Your eyes are [as] doves behind
your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.
2
Your teeth are like a flock [of ewes] that are [newly] shorn, Which are come
up from the washing, Whereof every one has twins, And none is bereaved among them.
3
Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, And your mouth is beautiful. Your temples
are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind your veil.
4
Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, Whereon there hang a thousand
bucklers, All the shields of the mighty men.
5
Your two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the
lilies.
6
Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of
myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.
7
You are all fair, my love; And there is no spot in you.
8
Come with me from Lebanon, [my] bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of
Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions` dens, From the mountains
of the leopards.
9
You have ravished my heart, my sister, [my] bride; You have ravished my heart with
one of your eyes, With one chain of your neck.
10
How fair is your love, my sister, [my] bride! How much better is your love than wine!
And the fragrance of your oils than all manner of spices!
11
Your lips, O [my] bride, drop [as] the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under your tongue;
And the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
12
A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
13
Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with
spikenard plants,
14
Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh
and aloes, with all the chief spices.
15
[You are] a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from
Lebanon.
16
Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; Blow upon my garden, that its spices
may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits.