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Solomon
I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones!
I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, beloved ones!
The Torment of Separation
“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers.”
“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;
I have drunk my wine and my milk.
Eat, friends;
Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers.”
The Bride Searches for Her Beloved
I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.
“I was asleep but my heart was awake.
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with dew,
My locks with the damp of the night.’
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is drenched with dew,
My locks with the damp of the night.’
-- I have put off my tunic, how should I put it on? I have washed my feet, how should I pollute them? --
“I have taken off my dress,
How can I put it on again?
I have washed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?
How can I put it on again?
I have washed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?
My beloved put in his hand by the hole [of the door]; And my bowels yearned for him.
“My beloved extended his hand through the opening,
And my feelings were aroused for him.
And my feelings were aroused for him.
I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the lock.
“I arose to open to my beloved;
And my hands dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with liquid myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.
And my hands dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with liquid myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.
I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself; he was gone: My soul went forth when he spoke. I sought him, but I found him not; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
“I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had turned away and had gone!
My heart went out to him as he spoke.
I searched for him but I did not find him;
I called him but he did not answer me.
But my beloved had turned away and had gone!
My heart went out to him as he spoke.
I searched for him but I did not find him;
I called him but he did not answer me.
The watchmen that went about the city found me; They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
“The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
They struck me and wounded me;
The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.
They struck me and wounded me;
The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.
I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, ... What will ye tell him? -- That I am sick of love.
“I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
As to what you will tell him:
For I am lovesick.”
If you find my beloved,
As to what you will tell him:
For I am lovesick.”
The Friends
What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so charge us?
What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, Thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so charge us?
“What kind of beloved is your beloved,
O most beautiful among women?
What kind of beloved is your beloved,
That thus you adjure us?”
O most beautiful among women?
What kind of beloved is your beloved,
That thus you adjure us?”
Admiration by the Bride
My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.
My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.
Admiration by the Bride
“My beloved is dazzling and ruddy,
Outstanding among ten thousand.
His head is [as] the finest gold; His locks are flowing, black as the raven;
“His head is like gold, pure gold;
His locks are like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
His locks are like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
His eyes are like doves by the water-brooks, Washed with milk, fitly set;
“His eyes are like doves
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk,
And reposed in their setting.
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk,
And reposed in their setting.
His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
“His cheeks are like a bed of balsam,
Banks of sweet-scented herbs;
His lips are lilies
Dripping with liquid myrrh.
Banks of sweet-scented herbs;
His lips are lilies
Dripping with liquid myrrh.
His hands gold rings, set with the chrysolite; His belly is bright ivory, overlaid [with] sapphires;
“His hands are rods of gold
Set with beryl;
His abdomen is carved ivory
Inlaid with sapphires.
Set with beryl;
His abdomen is carved ivory
Inlaid with sapphires.
His legs, pillars of marble, set upon bases of fine gold: His bearing as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars;
“His legs are pillars of alabaster
Set on pedestals of pure gold;
His appearance is like Lebanon
Choice as the cedars.
Set on pedestals of pure gold;
His appearance is like Lebanon
Choice as the cedars.