Chapter 6
1 Where has your beloved gone , you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned , that we may seek him with you ? Beloved
2 My beloved has gone down to his garden , to the beds of spices , to pasture his flock in the gardens , and to gather lilies .
3 I am my beloved ’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies . Lover
4 You are beautiful , my love , as Tirzah , lovely as Jerusalem , awesome as an army with banners .
5 Turn away your eyes from me , for they have overcome me . Your hair is like a flock of goats , that lie along the side of Gilead .
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes , which have come up from the washing , of which every one has twins ; not one is bereaved among them .
7 Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil .
8 There are sixty queens , eighty concubines , and virgins without number .
9 My dove , my perfect one , is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter . She is the favorite one of her who bore her . The daughters saw her , and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her , and they praised her .
10 Who is she who looks out as the morning , beautiful as the moon , clear as the sun , and awesome as an army with banners ?
11 I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley , to see whether the vine budded , and the pomegranates were in flower.
12 Without realizing it , my desire set me with my royal people ’s chariots . Friends
13 Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?