If thou know not thyself, O thou fairest among women, then go thy way forth after the footsteps of the sheep, and feed thy goats beside the shepherds' tents.

As the lily among the thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. In his shadow was my desire to sit, for his fruit was sweet to my mouth.

My love is mine, and I am his, which feedeth among the lilies,

Thy teeth are like sheep that be clipped, which go first up from the washing place: where every one beareth two twins, and not one unfruitful among them.

Thy two breasts are like two twins of young roes, which feed among the lilies.

Who is thy love above other lovers, O thou fairest among women? Or what can thy love do, more than other lovers, that thou chargest us so straightly?

As for my loved, he is white and red colored, a singular person among many thousands;

Whither is thy love gone then, O thou fairest among women; whither is thy love departed, that we may seek him with thee?

My love is mine, and I am his, which feedeth among the lilies.

Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that be clipped, which go out of the washing place: where every one beareth two twins, and not one unfruitful among them.

Turn again, turn again, O thou Shulamite; turn again, turn again, that we may look upon thee. What pleasure have ye more in the Shulamite, than when she danceth among the men of war?

I am the same that waked thee up among the apple trees, where thy mother bare thee, where thy mother brought thee in to the world.