1

Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

2

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

3

I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

4

Thou [art] beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as [an army] with banners.

5

Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

6

Thy teeth [are] as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and [there is] not one barren among them.

7

As a piece of a pomegranate [are] thy temples within thy locks.

8

There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.

9

My dove, my undefiled is [but] one she [is] the [only] one of her mother, she [is] the choice [one] of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her [yea], the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

10

Who [is] she [that] looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, [and] terrible as [an army] with banners?

11

I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, [and] to see whether the vine flourished, [and] the pomegranates budded.

12

Or ever I was aware, my soul made me [like] the chariots of Amminadib.

13

Return, return, O Shulamite return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.