1. Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.
2. My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
3. I {cf15I am} my beloved's, and my beloved {cf15I is} mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
4. Thou {cf15I art} beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as {cf15I an army} with banners.
5. Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair {cf15I is} as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
6. Thy teeth {cf15I are} as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and {cf15I there is} not one barren among them.
7. As a piece of a pomegranate {cf15I are} thy temples within thy locks.
8. There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
9. My dove, my undefiled is {cf15I but} one; she {cf15I is} the {cf15I only} one of her mother, she {cf15I is} the choice {cf15I one} of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; {cf15I yea}, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
10. Who {cf15I is} she {cf15I that} looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, {cf15I and} terrible as {cf15I an army} with banners?
11. I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, {cf15I and} to see whether the vine flourished, {cf15I and} the pomegranates budded.
12. Or ever I was aware, my soul made me {cf15I like} the chariots of Amminadib.
13. Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.