Song of Solomon 6

1Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? 2to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. My beloved has gone down to his garden, 3He browses among the lilies, I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. 4lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners. You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, 5for they have overcome me. that lie along the side of Gilead. Turn away your eyes from me, Your hair is like a flock of goats, 6which have come up from the washing; of which every one has twins; no one is bereaved among them. Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, 7Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil. 8and virgins without number. There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, 9She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. My dove, my perfect one, is unique. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; 10beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners? Who is she who looks out as the morning, 11to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower. I went down into the nut tree grove, 12my desire set me with my royal people’s chariots. Without realizing it, 13Return, return, that we may gaze at you. as at the dance of Mahanaim? Return, return, Shulammite! Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite,