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1 Behold, *See ch. 1:15you are beautiful, my love,

behold, you are beautiful!

*ch. 1:15;5:12Your eyes are doves

*ch. 6:7behind your veil.

*ch. 6:5;[ch. 7:5] Your hair is like a flock of goats

leaping down *Mic. 7:14the slopes of Gilead.

2 Your *ch. 6:6teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes

that have come up from the washing,

all of which bear twins,

and not one among them has lost its young.

3 Your lips are like *[Josh. 2:18] a scarlet thread,

and your mouth is *ch. 1:5;2:14lovely.

Your *ch. 6:7cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate

*[See ver. 1above]behind your veil.

4 Your *[ch. 7:4] neck is like the tower of David,

built in *Neh. 3:19rows of stone;*4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

on it *[Ezek. 27:10,11] hang a thousand shields,

all of *[2 Sam. 1:21]them shields of warriors.

5 Your *ch. 7:3;[ch. 8:10;Prov. 5:19] two breasts are like two *See ch. 2:9fawns,

twins of a gazelle,

that *ch. 2:16;6:3graze among the lilies.

6 *ch. 2:17Until the day breathes

and the shadows flee,

I will go away to the mountain of *ver. 14;[ch. 3:6]myrrh

and the hill of *ver. 14;[ch. 3:6]frankincense.

7 *See ch. 1:15You are altogether beautiful, my love;

there is no *ch. 5:2;[Eph. 5:27]flaw in you.

8 *[Ps. 45:10,11] Come with me from *ch. 7:4;See 1 Kgs. 4:33Lebanon, my *[Isa. 62:5] bride;

come with me from *ch. 7:4;See 1 Kgs. 4:33Lebanon.

Depart*4:8 Or Look from the peak of Amana,

from the peak of *Deut. 3:9;1 Chr. 5:23Senir and *Ps. 89:12Hermon,

from the dens of lions,

from the mountains of leopards.

9 You have captivated my heart, my *ch. 5:1,2sister, my bride;

you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,

with one *[Judg. 8:26]jewel of your necklace.

10 How beautiful is your love, my *[See ver. 9above] sister, my bride!

How much *ch. 1:2,4better is your love than wine,

and *[ch. 1:3]the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

11 Your *[Prov. 5:3] lips drip nectar, my bride;

*Prov. 24:13honey and milk are under your tongue;

the fragrance of your garments is *Hos. 14:6;[Gen. 27:27] like the fragrance of *[See ver. 8above]Lebanon.

12 A garden locked is my *[See ver. 9above] sister, my bride,

a spring locked, *[Gen. 29:3;Dan. 6:17] a fountain *[Prov. 5:15]sealed.

13 Your shoots are *Eccles. 2:5an orchard of pomegranates

with all *ch. 7:13choicest fruits,

*ch. 1:14henna with *See ch. 1:12nard,

14 nard and saffron, *Ex. 30:23calamus and *Ex. 30:23cinnamon,

with all trees of *ver. 6frankincense,

*See ch. 3:6myrrh and *John 19:39aloes,

with all *Ex. 30:23choice spices—

15 a garden fountain, a well of *Jer. 2:13;[John 4:10;7:38] living water,

and flowing streams from *[See ver. 8above]Lebanon.

16 Awake, O north wind,

and come, O south wind!

Blow upon my *[ch. 5:1;6:2] garden,

let its spices flow.

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*[ch. 6:2] Let my beloved come to his *ch. 6:2garden,

and eat its *[See ver. 13above]choicest fruits.