6. I opened for my beloved,but my beloved had turned away. He was gone!I almost died when he left.I looked for him, but I did not find him.I called for him, but he did not answer me.
7. The watchmen making their rounds in the city found me.They struck me!They wounded me!Those watchmen on the walls took my robe from me!
8. Young women of Jerusalem, swear to methat if you find my belovedyou will tell him I am hopelessly lovesick.
9. Most beautiful of women,what makes your beloved better than any other beloved?What makes your beloved better than any other belovedthat you make us swear this way?
10. My beloved is dazzling yet ruddy.He stands out among 10,000 men.
11. His head is the finest gold.His hair is wavy, black as a raven.
12. His eyes are set like doves bathing in milk.
13. His cheeks are like a garden of spices,a garden that produces scented herbs.His lips are lilies that drip with myrrh.
14. His hands are disks of gold set with emerald.His chest is a block of ivory covered with sapphires.
15. His legs are columns of marble set on bases of pure gold.His form is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
16. His mouth is sweet in every way.Everything about him is desirable!This is my beloved, and this is my friend, young women of Jerusalem.