B. The Bride Sings of Her Lover (5:10-6:3)

The bride breaks into song, describing her lover’s physical appearance. She notes his head, hair, eyes, cheeks, lips, arms, body, legs and mouth, concluding that “he is altogether lovely.” She doesn't spare the similes in telling the daughters of Jerusalem why he is “outstanding among ten thousand.” They offer to help find her lover, but she declines their help, stating that she knows where he is.