Shared Word Translation
Song of Songs 4
The Beloved Praises the Bride
Behold, you are beautiful, my love;
behold, you are beautiful.
Your eyes are doves
behind your veil.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down the slopes of Gilead.
Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
that have come up from the washing,
all of them bearing twins,
and none among them has lost its young.
Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
and your mouth is lovely.
Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.
Your neck is like the tower of David,
built in rows of stone.
Upon it hang a thousand shields,
all of them shields of warriors.
Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle,
that pasture among the lilies.
Until the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
I will go to the mountain of myrrh
and to the hill of frankincense.
You are altogether beautiful, my love;
there is no blemish in you.
Come with Me from Lebanon
Come with me from Lebanon, my bride;
come with me from Lebanon.
Depart from the summit of Amana,
from the summit of Senir and Hermon,
from the dens of lions,
from the mountains of leopards.
You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride;
you have captured my heart
with one glance of your eyes,
with one jewel of your necklace.
How beautiful is your love,
my sister, my bride!
How much better is your love than wine,
and the fragrance of your oils
than any spice.
Your lips drip nectar, my bride;
honey and milk are under your tongue,
and the fragrance of your garments
is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
A Garden Locked
A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
a spring locked,
a fountain sealed.
Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates
with choice fruits,
henna with nard,
nard and saffron,
calamus and cinnamon,
with every kind of frankincense tree,
myrrh and aloes,
with all the finest spices.
A garden fountain,
a well of living water,
and flowing streams from Lebanon.
The Bride's Invitation
Awake, north wind,
and come, south wind.
Blow upon my garden,
that its spices may flow out.
Let my beloved come into his garden
and eat its choicest fruits.