Chapter 5
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 . Friends Eat, friends ! Drink , yes, drink abundantly , beloved . Beloved
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 ."
3 I have taken off my robe . Indeed, must I put it on ? I have washed my feet . Indeed, must I soil them ?
4 My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening . My heart pounded for him .
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 .
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 didn’t find him . I called him , but he didn’t answer .
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 .
8 I adjure you , daughters of Jerusalem , If you find my beloved , that you tell him that I am faint with love . Friends
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? Beloved
10 My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand .
11 His head is like the purest gold . His hair is bushy , black as a raven .
12 His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, washed with milk , mounted like jewels .
13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies , dropping liquid myrrh .
14 His hands are like rings of gold set with beryl . His body is like ivory work overlaid with sapphires .
15 His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold . His appearance is like Lebanon , excellent as the cedars.
16 His mouth is sweetness ; yes, he is altogether lovely . This is my beloved , and this is my friend , daughters of Jerusalem .