1. Most beautiful of women,tell us where he has gone.Let us help you find him.
2. My darling has gone downto his garden of spices,where he will feed his sheepand gather lilies.
3. I am his, and he is mine,as he feeds his sheepamong the lilies.
4. My dearest, the cities of Tirzahand Jerusalemare not as lovely as you.Your charms are more powerfulthan all the starsin the heavens.
5. Turn away your eyes—they make me melt.Your hair tosses aboutas gracefully as goatscoming down from Gilead.
6. Your teeth are whiterthan sheep freshly washed;they match perfectly,not one is missing.
7. Behind your veil are hiddenbeautiful rosy cheeks.
8. What if I could havesixty queens, eighty wives,and thousands of others!
9. You would be my only choice,my flawless dove,the favourite childof your mother.The young women, the queens,and all the otherstell how excited you areas they sing your praises:
10. “You are as majesticas the morning sky—glorious as the moon—blinding as the sun!Your charms are more powerfulthan all the stars above.”
11. I went down to see if blossomswere on the walnut trees,grapevines, and fruit trees.
12. But in my imaginationI was suddenly ridingon a glorious chariot.
13. Dance! Dance!Beautiful woman from Shulam,let us see you dance!Why do you want to seethis woman from Shulamdancing with the others?