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I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine.
    He is the one who grazes his flock among the lilies.

Solomon Desires the Young Woman More Than the Rest of His Wives

[Groom]

You are beautiful, my true love, like Tirzah,
    lovely like Jerusalem,
        awe-inspiring like those great cities.[a]
Turn your eyes away from me. They enchant me!
    Your hair is like a flock of goats moving down from Gilead.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:4 Or “awe-inspiring as an army with flags.”

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(A)
    he browses among the lilies.(B)

He

You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(C) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(D)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(E)
Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(F)

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