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The Friends
Whither is thy beloved gone, Thou fairest among women? Whither is thy beloved turned aside? And we will seek him with thee.
Whither is thy beloved gone, Thou fairest among women? Whither is thy beloved turned aside? And we will seek him with thee.
Others
Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
that we may seek him with you?
Where has your beloved gone,
O most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
that we may seek him with you?
The Bride
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens and to gather lilies.
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies.
I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;
he grazes among the lilies.
he grazes among the lilies.
Mutual Delight
Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:
Thou art fair, my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as troops with banners:
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
He
You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awesome as an army with banners.
He
You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awesome as an army with banners.
Turn away thine eyes from me, For they overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats On the slopes of Gilead.
Turn away your eyes from me,
for they overwhelm me —
Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
for they overwhelm me —
Your hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them.
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins;
not one among them has lost its young.
that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins;
not one among them has lost its young.
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.
Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.
behind your veil.
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, And virgins without number:
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines,
and virgins without number.
and virgins without number.
My dove, mine undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and they called her blessed; The queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
My dove, my perfect one, is the only one,
the only one of her mother,
pure to her who bore her.
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
the queens and concubines also, and they praised her.
the only one of her mother,
pure to her who bore her.
The young women saw her and called her blessed;
the queens and concubines also, and they praised her.
Who is she that looketh forth as the dawn, Fair as the moon, clear as the sun, Terrible as troops with banners?
“Who is this who looks down like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
awesome as an army with banners?”
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
awesome as an army with banners?”
The Bride
I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the verdure of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, Whether the pomegranates blossomed.
I went down into the garden of nuts, To see the verdure of the valley, To see whether the vine budded, Whether the pomegranates blossomed.
She
I went down to the nut orchard
to look at the blossoms of the valley,
to see whether the vines had budded,
whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
I went down to the nut orchard
to look at the blossoms of the valley,
to see whether the vines had budded,
whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
Before I was aware, My soul set me upon the chariots of my willing people.
The Friends
Return, return, O Shulamite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. -- What would ye look upon in the Shulamite? -- As it were the dance of two camps.
Return, return, O Shulamite; Return, return, that we may look upon thee. -- What would ye look upon in the Shulamite? -- As it were the dance of two camps.