Announce to me, thou whom my soul loved, where thou wilt feed, where thou wilt lie down at noon: wherefore shall I be as he covered by the herds of thy companions.

As the apple among the trees of the forest, so my beloved between the sons. In his shadow I delighted, and I sat down, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

Behold thee beautiful, my friend, behold thee beautiful; thine eyes doves' from behind to thy veil: thy hair as a herd of goats which lay down from mount Gilead.

My beloved is white and ruddy, bearing the standard of ten thousand.

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

Turn away thine eyes from before me; they enlarged me: thy hair as a herd of goats which lay down from Gilead.

I went down into the garden of nuts to look upon the greens of the valley, to see whether the vine was fruitful, whether the pomegranates blossomed.