Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

Song of Solomon 1

⁸ If you do not know,
O fairest among women,
follow the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your kids
beside the shepherds' tents.

⁹ I compare you, my love,
to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
¹⁰ Your cheeks are comely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.

¹¹ We will make you ornaments of gold,
studded with silver.

¹² While the king was on his couch,
my nard gave forth its fragrance.
¹³ My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh
that lies between my breasts.
¹⁴ My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
in the vineyards of En-gedi.

¹⁵ Ah, you are beautiful, my love;
ah, you are beautiful;
your eyes are doves.

¹⁶ Ah, you are beautiful, my beloved,
truly lovely.
Our couch is green;
¹⁷ the beams of our house are cedar,
our rafters ₁ are pine.

Song of Solomon 2

¹ I am a rose ₂ of Sharon,

a lily of the valleys.

² As a lily among brambles,
so is my love among maidens.

³ As an apple tree among the trees of the wood,
so is my beloved among young men.
With great delight I sat in his shadow,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
⁴ He brought me to the banqueting house,
and his intention toward me was love.
⁵ Sustain me with raisins,
refresh me with apples;
for I am faint with love.
⁶ O that his left hand were under my head,
and that his right hand embraced me!
⁷ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the wild does:
do not stir up or awaken love
until it is ready!