That we may seek him with thee? 2 My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of 'spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 3 'I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth his flock among the lilies. 4 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners. 5 Turn away thine eyes from me, 1 Or, balsam 2 See ch. ii. 16. 3 Heb. bannered hosts. 4 Or, make me afraid 5 See ch. iv. I. 6 See ch. iv. 2. 7 7 'Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate See ch. iv. 3. Behind thy veil. 8 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And 'virgins without number. 9 My dove, my 'undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother; 10 She is the 1o choice one of her that bare her. 10 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, "Clear as the sun, "Terrible as an army with banners? II I went down into the garden of nuts, 8 Or, maidens 9 Heb. perfect. 10 Or, pure 11 Or, Pure 12 See ver. 4. 1 Or, desire 3 Or, willing 4 Or, of two companies 5 Or, steps 6 Or, Thy To see whether the vine budded, And the pomegranates were in flower. Return, return, O Shulammite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, 12 13 How beautiful are thy 'feet in sandals, O prince's 1 7 daughter! "The joints of thy thighs are like jewels, rounded thighs The work of the hands of a cunning workman. Thy navel is like a round goblet, Wherein no mingled wine is wanting: Thy belly is like an heap of wheat Set about with lilies. 7 See ch. iv. 5. Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe. Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim ; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon 2 3 4 Which looketh toward Damascus. Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, Some ancient And the hair of thine head like purple ; versions have, like the purple of a king, bound &c. The king is held captive in the tresses thereof. O love, for delights! This thy stature is like to a palm tree, I said, I will climb up into the palm tree, 9 Heb. nose. That goeth down 'smoothly for my beloved, 10 I am my beloved's, ΙΟ And his desire is toward me. II Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages. 12 Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, and its blossom be open, And the pomegranates be in flower: There will I give thee my love. 13 The 'mandrakes give forth fragrance, 5 XXX. 14. And at our doors are all manner of precious Or, over fruits, new and old, Which I have laid up for thee, O my be loved. 8 Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss Yea, and none would despise me. 2 I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, "Who would instruct me; 8 I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, 7 Of the ' juice of my pomegranate. 3 His left hand should be under my head, And his right hand should embrace me. 4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, "That ye stir not up, nor awaken love, Until it please. 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wild erness, Leaning upon her beloved? VOL. III. Ꮓ 1 Or, and 2 Heb. hard. 3 Heb. Sheol. 4 Or, A most vehement flame 5 Heb. Jah. 6 Or, It 7 Or, battlements 8 Or, was Under the apple tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail 'that brought thee forth. Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal 6 upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; 3 Jealousy is 'cruel as the grave: 4 The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, A very flame of the LORD. Many waters cannot quench love, If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, "He would utterly be contemned. We have a little sister, And she hath no breasts : What shall we do for our sister In the day when she shall be spoken for? We will build upon her 'a turret of silver : We will inclose her with boards of cedar. 8 9 I am a wall, and my breasts like the towers 10 thereof: Then was I in his eyes as one that found peace. Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon ; My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: II 12 |