Solomon Admires His Bride The Bridegroom 1 DBY Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are doves behind thy veil; Thy hair is as a flock of goats, On the slopes of mount Gilead. BSB BSB: How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
2 DBY Thy teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep, Which go up from the washing; Which have all borne twins, And none is barren among them. BSB BSB: Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
3 DBY Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy speech is comely; As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples Behind thy veil. BSB BSB: Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
4 DBY Thy neck is like the tower of David, Built for an armoury: A thousand bucklers hang thereon, All shields of mighty men. BSB BSB: Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.
5 DBY Thy two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, Which feed among the lilies. BSB BSB: Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
6 DBY Until the day dawn, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense. BSB BSB: Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.
7 DBY Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee. BSB BSB: You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
8 DBY Come with me, from Lebanon, my spouse, With me from Lebanon, — Come, look from the top of Amanah, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.BSB BSB: Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.
9 DBY Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck. BSB BSB: You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.
10 DBY How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices! BSB BSB: How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
11 DBY Thy lips, my spouse, drop as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. BSB BSB: Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.
12 DBY A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. BSB BSB: My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
13 DBY Thy shoots are a paradise of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants; BSB BSB: Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,
14 DBY Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: BSB BSB: with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.
15 DBY A fountain in the gardens, A well of living waters, Which stream from Lebanon. BSB BSB: You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
The Bride 16 DBY Awake, north wind, and come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow forth. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat its precious fruits. BSB BSB: Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
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