Dual Panel1The Maidens to the Beloved: Where <0575> has your beloved <01730> gone <01980>, O most beautiful <03303> among women <0802>? Where <0575> has your beloved <01730> turned <06437>? Tell us, that we may seek <01245> him with <05973> you.
2The Beloved <01730> to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down <03381> to his garden <01588>, to the flowerbeds <06170> of balsam spices <01314>, to graze <07462> in the gardens <01588>, and to gather <03950> lilies <07799>.
3The Beloved about Her Lover: I <0589> am my lover’s <01730> and my lover <01730> is mine; he grazes <07462> among the lilies <07799>.
4The Lover to His Beloved: My darling <07474>, you <0859> are as beautiful <03303> as Tirzah <08656>, as lovely <05000> as Jerusalem <03389>, as awe-inspiring <0366> as bannered <01713> armies!
5Turn <05437> your eyes <05869> away <05437> from <05048> me– they <01992> overwhelm <07292> me! Your hair <08181> is like a flock <05739> of goats <05795> descending <01570> from <04480> Mount Gilead <01568>.
6Your teeth <08127> are like a flock <05739> of sheep <07353> coming up <05927> from <04480> the washing <07367>; each <03605> has its twin <08382>; not one <0369> of them is missing <07909>.
7Like a slice <06400> of pomegranate <07416> is your forehead <07541> behind <01157> your veil <06777>.
8There <01992> may be sixty <08346> queens <04436>, and eighty <08084> concubines <06370>, and young women <05959> without <0369> number <04557>.
9But she <01931> is unique <0259>! My dove <03123>, my perfect one <08535>! She <01931> is the special <0259> daughter of her mother <0517>, she <01931> is the favorite <01249> of the one who bore <03205> her. The maidens <01323> saw <07200> her and complimented <0833> her; the queens <04436> and concubines <06370> praised <01984> her:
10“Who <04310> is this <02063> who appears <08259> like <03644> the dawn <07837>? Beautiful <03303> as the moon <03842>, bright <01249> as the sun <02535>, awe-inspiring <0366> as the stars in procession <01713>?”
11The Lover to His Beloved: I went down <03381> to <0413> the orchard <01594> of walnut trees <093>, to look <07200> for the blossoms <03> of the valley <05158>, to see <07200> if the vines <01612> had budded <05132> or if the pomegranates <07416> were in bloom <06524>.
12I was beside <03808> myself <05315> with joy <03045>! There please give <07760> me your myrrh <04818>, O daughter of my princely <05081> people <05971>.
13The Lover to His Beloved: Turn <07725>, turn <07725>, O Perfect One <07759>! Turn <07725>, turn <07725>, that I may stare at <02372> you! The Beloved to Her Lover: Why <04100> do you gaze <02372> upon the Perfect One <07759> like the dance <04246> of the Mahanaim <04264>?