(6) I opened for my Beloved, but my Beloved had turned away and was gone. My heart leaped up when He spoke. I sought Him, but I could not...

(4) My Beloved put His hand by the latch of the door, and my heart yearned for Him. (5) I arose to open for my Beloved, and my hands...

(3) I have taken off my robe; how can I put it on again? I have washed my feet; how can I defile them? In the last verse we looked at...

(2) I sleep, but my heart is awake; it the voice of my Beloved! He knocks, saying "Open for Me, My sister, My love, My dove, My perfect...

(1) I have come to My garden, My sister, My spouse; I have gathered My myrrh with My spice; I have eaten My honeycomb with My honey; I...

16) Awake, O north wind, and come, O south! Blow upon my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come to His garden and eat...

12) A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. (13) Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with...

11) Your lips, O my spouse, drip as the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the fragrance of your garments is like the...

(9) You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one look of your eyes, with one link of your...

(7) You are all fair, my love, and there is no spot in you. (8) Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon. Look from the...

(6) Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense. Have your...

(4) Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an armory on which hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. (5) Your two...

(2) Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep which have come up from the washing, every one of which bears twins, and none is barren...

(1) Behold, you are fair [beautiful], my love! Behold you are fair [beautiful]! You have dove's eyes behind your veil. Your hair is like...

(11) Go forth, O daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding; the...

(9) Of the wood of Lebanon, Solomon the king made himself a palanquin; (10) He made its pillars of silver, its support of gold, its seat...

(7) Behold, it is Solomon's couch, with sixty valiant men around it, of the valiant of Israel. (8) They all hold swords, being expert in...

(6) Who is this coming up out of the wilderness, like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the merchant's...

(5) I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, do not stir up nor awaken [My] love until it...

Scarcely had I passed by them, when I found the one I love. I held Him and would not let Him go, until I had brought Him to the house of...