The Lover:

4:1 Oh,¹ you are beautiful, my darling!²
Oh, you are beautiful!
Your eyes behind your veil are like doves.³
Your hair is like a flock of she-goats
flowing down⁴ from Mount Gilead.
4:2 Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep
coming up from the washing-place;⁵
each of them has a twin sister
and not one of them is missing.
4:3 Your lips are like a scarlet thread;⁶
your mouth is lovely.
Your forehead behind your veil
is like a slice of pomegranate.
4:4 Your neck is like the tower⁷ of David
built with courses of stones;⁸
one thousand shields are hung upon it —
all shields of valiant warriors.⁹
4:5 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of the gazelle
browsing among the lilies.
4:6 Until the dawn arrives¹⁰ and the shadows flee,
I will go up to the mountain of myrrh,
and to the hill of frankincense.
4:7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling!
There is no blemish in you!

4:8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
Come with me from Lebanon.
Descend from the crest of Amana,
From the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon,
From the lions’ dens
And the mountain haunts of the leopards.
4:9 You have stolen my heart,¹¹ my sister,¹² my bride;
You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes,¹³
with one jewel of your necklace.
4:10 How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride;
how much better is your love than wine,
and the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice!
4:11 Your lips drip sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride,
honey and milk are under your tongue;
The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

The Lover:

4:12 You are a garden locked,¹⁴ my sister, my bride;
you are a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
4:13 Your shoots (are) a royal garden¹⁵ full of pomegranates
with choice fruits:
henna with nards,
4:14 nard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice
myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices.
4:15 (You are) a garden spring,¹⁶
a well¹⁷ of fresh water¹⁸ flowing down from Lebanon.

The Beloved:

4:16 Awake, O north wind; Come, O south wind!
Blow on my garden that its spices may waft forth.
May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit!