1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends. Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:1
2 I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night." NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:2
3 I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them? NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:3
4 My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:4
5 I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the lock. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:5
6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I did not find him. I called him, but he did not answer. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:6
7 The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:7
8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:8
9 How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:9
10 My beloved is radiant and tan. The best among ten thousand. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:10
11 His head is like the purest gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:11
12 His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:12
13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:13
14 His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl. His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:14
15 His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:15
16 His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. NHEB — SongofSolomon 5:16