Together in the Garden The Friends 1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? The Bride 2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens 3I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies. The Bridegroom 4You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners. 5Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats 6Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, 7Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate. 8There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, 9but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises. The Friends 10Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession? The Bridegroom 11I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom. 12Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.a The Friends 13Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. The Bridegroom Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaimb? Footnotes: 12 a Or among the chariots of Amminadab 13 b Or the dance of the two camps The Berean Bible (www.Berean.Bible) Berean Study Bible (BSB) © 2016, 2020 by Bible Hub and Berean.Bible. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Free downloads and licensing available. See also the Berean Literal Bible and Berean Interlinear Bible. OpenBible.com |