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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../songs/3.htm" title="Song of Songs 3">◄</a> Song of Songs 4 <a href="../songs/5.htm" title="Song of Songs 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch26004" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn26004" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">The Beauty of the Woman</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span class="dispk">M</span><a id="ren26004001-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26004001-a">a</a><sup class="refcomma">,</sup></p> <p class="slf"><span class="ver">1</span><a id="ren26004001-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26004001-b">b</a> How beautiful you are, my friend,</p> <p class="sl1">how beautiful you are!</p> <p class="sl">Your eyes are doves</p> <p class="sl1">behind your veil.</p> <p class="sl">Your hair is like a flock of goats</p> <p class="sl1">streaming down Mount Gilead.<a id="rfn26004001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004001-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004002" class="ver">2</span>Your teeth<a id="rfn26004002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004002-1">*</a> are like a flock of ewes to be shorn,</p> <p class="sl1">that come up from the washing,</p> <p class="sl">All of them big with twins,</p> <p class="sl1">none of them barren.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004003" class="ver">3</span>Like a scarlet strand, your lips,</p> <p class="sl1">and your mouth—lovely!</p> <p class="sl">Like pomegranate<a id="rfn26004003-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004003-1">*</a> halves, your cheeks</p> <p class="sl1">behind your veil.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004004" class="ver">4</span><a id="ren26004004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26004004-c">c</a> Like a tower of David, your neck,</p> <p class="sl1">built in courses,</p> <p class="sl">A thousand shields hanging upon it,</p> <p class="sl1">all the armor of warriors.<a id="rfn26004004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004004-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004005" class="ver">5</span><a id="ren26004005-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26004005-d">d</a> Your breasts are like two fawns,</p> <p class="sl1">twins of a gazelle</p> <p class="sl1">feeding among the lilies.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004006" class="ver">6</span><a id="ren26004006-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26004006-e">e</a> Until the day grows cool</p> <p class="sl1">and the shadows flee,</p> <p class="sl1">I shall go to the mountain of myrrh,</p> <p class="sl1">to the hill of frankincense.<a id="rfn26004006-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004006-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004007" class="ver">7</span>You are beautiful in every way, my friend,</p> <p class="sl1">there is no flaw in you!<a id="rfn26004007-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004007-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004008" class="ver">8</span>With me from Lebanon, my bride!</p> <p class="sl1">With me from Lebanon, come!</p> <p class="sl">Descend from the peak of Amana,</p> <p class="sl1">from the peak of Senir and Hermon,<a id="rfn26004008-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004008-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl">From the lairs of lions,</p> <p class="sl1">from the leopards’ heights.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004009" class="ver">9</span><a id="ren26004009-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26004009-f">f</a> You have ravished my heart, my sister,<a id="rfn26004009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004009-1">*</a> my bride;</p> <p class="sl1">you have ravished my heart with one glance of your eyes,</p> <p class="sl1">with one bead of your necklace.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004010" class="ver">10</span><a id="ren26004010-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26004010-g">g</a> How beautiful is your love,</p> <p class="sl1">my sister, my bride,</p> <p class="sl">How much better is your love than wine,</p> <p class="sl1">and the fragrance of your perfumes than any spice!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004011" class="ver">11</span>Your lips drip honey,<a id="rfn26004011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004011-1">*</a> my bride,</p> <p class="sl1">honey and milk are under your tongue;</p> <p class="sl">And the fragrance of your garments</p> <p class="sl1">is like the fragrance of Lebanon.</p> </div> </section> <section> <h2 class="ah">The Lover’s Garden</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span class="dispk">M</span><a id="ren26004012-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en26004012-h">h</a></p> <p class="slf"><span class="ver">12</span>A garden enclosed, my sister, my bride,</p> <p class="sl1">a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed!<a id="rfn26004012-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004012-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004013" class="ver">13</span>Your branches are a grove of pomegranates,</p> <p class="sl1">with fruits of choicest yield:</p> <p class="sl">Henna with spikenard,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004014" class="ver">14</span>spikenard and saffron,</p> <p class="sl">Sweet cane and cinnamon,</p> <p class="sl1">with all kinds of frankincense;</p> <p class="sl">Myrrh and aloes,</p> <p class="sl1">with all the finest spices;<a id="rfn26004014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004014-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004015" class="ver">15</span>A garden fountain, a well of living water,</p> <p class="sl1">streams flowing from Lebanon.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v26004016" class="ver">16</span>Awake,<a id="rfn26004016-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn26004016-1">*</a> north wind!</p> <p class="sl1">Come, south wind!</p> <p class="sl">Blow upon my garden</p> <p class="sl1">that its perfumes may spread abroad.</p> <p class="sl"><span class="dispk">W</span></p> <p class="sl">Let my lover come to his garden</p> <p class="sl1">and eat its fruits of choicest yield.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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