< Song of Solomon 5 >

1 I have come to garden my O sister my bride I have gathered myrrh my with spice my I have eaten honeycomb my with honey my I have drunk wine my with milk my eat O friends drink and become drunk O lovers. 2 I [was] sleeping and heart my [was] awake [the] sound of - lover my knocking open to me O sister my friend my dove my perfect [one] my that head my [is] filled dew locks my dewdrops of night. 3 I have taken off tunic my how? will I put on it I have washed feet my how? will I dirty them. 4 Lover my he sent hand his from the hole and inward parts my they were turbulent on him. 5 I arose I to open to lover my and hands my they dripped myrrh and fingers my myrrh flowing on [the] handles of the bolt. 6 I opened I to lover my and lover my he had turned away he had passed away being my it went out when turned aside he I sought him and not I found him I called him and not he answered me. 7 They found me the watchmen who go around in the city they struck me they bruised me they lifted garment my from on me [the] watchmen of the walls. 8 I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem if you will find lover my what? will you tell to him that [am] weak of love I. 9 How [is]? lover your more than a lover O beautiful [one] among women how? [is] lover your more than a lover that thus you have adjured us. 10 Lover my [is] dazzling and ruddy [is] conspicuous more than ten thousand. 11 Head his [is] gold of pure gold locks his [are] curls black like raven. 12 Eyes his [are] like doves at channels of water washing in milk sitting on fullness. 13 Cheeks his [are] like [the] bed of spice towers of aromatic herbs lips his [are] lilies dripping myrrh flowing. 14 Hands his [are] rods of gold filled with chrysolite lower parts his [are] a plate of ivory covered sapphires. 15 Legs his [are] pillars of marble founded on bases of pure gold appearance his [is] like Lebanon chosen like cedars. 16 Mouth his [is] sweetness and all of him [is] desirableness this [is] lover my and this [is] friend my O daughters of Jerusalem.

< Song of Solomon 5 >