1. [DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM] Whither hath thy beloved, gone, thou most beautiful among women? whither hath thy beloved turned him aside? That we may seek him with thee.
2. [SHE] My beloved, is gone down to his garden, to the beds of balsam, -- to pasture in the gardens, and to gather lilies,
3. I, am, my beloved's, and, my beloved, is mine, he that pastureth among lilies.
4. [HE] Beautiful, art thou, my fair one, as Tirzah, comely, as Jerusalem, -- majestic as bannered hosts!
5. Turn away thine eyes from me, for, they, have excited me, -- Thy hair, is like a flock of goats, that are reclining on the sides of Mount Gilead:
6. Thy teeth, are like a flock of sheep which have come up from the washing-place, -- whereof, all of them, are twin-bearers, and bereaved, is there none among them:
7. Like a slice of pomegranate, are thy temples, from behind thy veil:
8. Threescore, are the queens, and, fourscore, are the concubines, -- and, virgins, there are, without number.
9. One alone, is my dove, my perfect one, one alone, was she to her mother, Pure, was she to her that bare her, -- The daughters, have seen her, and pronounced her happy, Queens and concubines, and they have praised her. [****]
10. [THEY] Who is this, that looketh forth like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, pure as the sun, majestic as bannered hosts?
11. [HE] To the garden of nuts, I went down, to look at the fresh shoots of the ravine, -- to see whether: had burst forth the vine, had blossomed the pomegranate: --
12. I know not [how it was], my soul, set for me the chariots of my willing people!
13. [THEY] Return, return, O Shulamite, Return, return, that we may look on thee! [SHE] What would ye look on in the Shulamite? [THEY] As it were the dance of a double camp...