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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.
Mutual Delight in Each Other
“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.
“My beloved has gone down to his garden,
To the beds of balsam,
To pasture his flock in the gardens
And gather lilies.
To the beds of balsam,
To pasture his flock in the gardens
And 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 who pastures his flock among the lilies.”
He who pastures his flock 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:
“You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As awesome as an army with banners.
As lovely as Jerusalem,
As 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 your eyes away from me,
For they have confused me;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Gilead.
For they have confused me;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from 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
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has lost her young.
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has lost her young.
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil.
“Your temples are like a slice 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 maidens without number;
And maidens 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.
But my dove, my perfect one, is unique:
She is her mother’s only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The maidens saw her and called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,
She is her mother’s only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The maidens saw her and called her blessed,
The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,
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 that grows like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full moon,
As pure as the sun,
As awesome as an army with banners?’
As beautiful as the full moon,
As pure as the sun,
As 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.
“I went down to the orchard of nut trees
To see the blossoms of the valley,
To see whether the vine had budded
Or the pomegranates had bloomed.
To see the blossoms of the valley,
To see whether the vine had budded
Or the pomegranates had bloomed.
Before I was aware, My soul set me upon the chariots of my willing people.
“Before I was aware, my soul set me
Over the chariots of my noble people.”
Over the chariots of my noble 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.
“Come back, come back, O Shulammite;
Come back, come back, that we may gaze at you!”
“Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,
As at the dance of the two companies?
Come back, come back, that we may gaze at you!”
“Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,
As at the dance of the two companies?