The Maidens to the Beloved:
6:1 Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned?
Tell us, 1 that we may seek him with you. 2
The Beloved to the Maidens:
6:2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, 3
to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, 4
to graze 5 in the gardens,
and to gather lilies. 6
The Beloved about Her Lover:
6:3 I am my lover’s 7 and my lover is mine; 8
he grazes among the lilies.
The Lover to His Beloved:
6:4 My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, 9
as lovely as Jerusalem, 10
as awe-inspiring 11 as bannered armies!
6:5 Turn your eyes away from me –
they overwhelm 12 me!
Your hair is like a flock of goats
descending from Mount Gilead.
6:6 Your teeth are like a flock of sheep
coming up from the washing;
each has its twin;
not one of them is missing.